Sony Announces Lithium Ion Secondary Battery – Last Longer, Recharges Faster

Aug 12, 2009 by Shahbaaz

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sony_logo_1 Sony. It’s yet another name when it comes to pioneering technologies that the world presumptively desires. We always wanted to get more juice from our battery powered devices even to the extent that we attempt to squeeze the last drop out.

Be it the mobile phone or the digital camera, it’s the human tendency to greedily wish that the battery lasted a minute more so that you could capture that candid moment or make the last corporate call before your battery is dead and wait for a recharge until you are back in your den.

Well, keeping in view the exploiting usage of battery charge by most of the devices, Sony has finally come up with a new type of rechargeable battery – a Lithium Ion Secondary battery, that combines high-power and long-life performance, using olivine-type lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material.

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So, what is the new substance science that your Chemistry teacher didn’t tell you about? It’s Olivine-type lithium iron phosphate, the material used for cathode that makes the Sony Rechargeable Battery so performing, so different.

Thanks to its robust crystal structure and consistent performance, even at high temperatures. This, in fusion with the Sony’s Particle Design Technology that minimizes the resistance to increase output, make a perfect combination to deliver interestingly good battery performance.

The best part about it. Each battery can take up to 2000 charge-discharge cycles and still keep powering your devices by retaining more than 80% of power redemption. Also, each battery will take not more than 30 minutes to charge up to a level of 99%.

For now, Sony has taken the initiative to develop these batteries only for motor based (power driven) tools. Sony is planning to develop similar type of batteries for other mobile electronic devices in future, perhaps the ones that could replace our existing cell phone or digital camera batteries. And, the future is not that far.

There are no details on its pricing , scope of availability and rigid applicational fields yet. So, for now, click here to view detailed technical specifications from the Press Release.