Researchers at the University of Illinois claim to have made a breakthrough in phase-change materials technology that could lengthen battery life by up to two orders of magnitude, or 100 times. The team, led by Professor Eric Pop, used carbon nanotube electrodes, it stated in a paper published in Science Magazine. It found that the programming voltage and energy are highly scalable. “As academic researchers, we will continue to focus on reducing the power dissipation till we reach nearly fundamental limits,” Pop told TechNewsWorld.
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Power-Sipping Nanotech Could Give Rise to Methuselah Batteries
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 14, 2011 06:00 AMResearchers at the University of Illinois claim to have made a breakthrough in phase-change materials technology that could lengthen battery life by up to two orders of magnitude, or 100 times. The team, led by Professor Eric Pop, used carbon nanotube electrodes, it stated in a paper published in Science Magazine. It found that the programming voltage and energy are highly scalable. “As academic researchers, we will continue to focus on reducing the power dissipation till we reach nearly fundamental limits,” Pop told TechNewsWorld.