The research division of Samsung Electronics has developed a “graphene ball” which it claims will enable lithium-ion batteries to charge faster and also last longer. Simply put, the technology will enable batteries to charge faster than they do right now. However, the technology is yet to trickle down into consumer electronics. Samsung has only patented its graphene ball technology at this point in time.
The graphene ball has been developed by the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. The division said that using this material to develop batteries will not only increase their capacity by 45 percent but also improve their charging speed by five times.
Lithium-ion batteries currently take at least an hour to charge fully, if not more. Samsung says that this new technology is going to reduce the charging time of lithium-ion batteries to just 12 minutes.
Batteries that are made with the graphene ball technology will also be able to maintain a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, that’s what’s required for batteries in electric cars. This means that this technology can prove to be useful in areas beyond consumer electronics.
Samsung has patented this technology in the United States and South Korea. It’s unclear at this point in time when the company is going to introduce it in its products so that its customers can reap the benefits of this technological advancement.
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