Eco Factor: Decomposable battery could power a laptop for hundreds of hours.
If the research conducted by a group of Israeli scientists turns fruitful, you could well be having a laptop that runs for hundreds of hours. Developed by Prof. Yair Ein-Eli, at the Technion – Israel Institute of Science, the new battery produces thousands of hours of charge from an abundant and non-polluting fuel source.
The current prototypes of the battery have a silicon power source that reverts back to sand when it’s spent. The research team is presently eyeing its use in small devices such as hearing aids, while in the near future it can replace laptop batteries.
During a 600-hour test, the battery used only 10% of the energy, which means that a fully charged battery can be used for 6000 hours, before it gets depleted back into its original form as sand. The researcher believes that the technology could be used in small devices within a couple of years.
Via: Israel21C
