Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in minutes, using a bespoke charger.<\/p>\n
The lower capacity battery charged by 68% in two minutes – but is not big enough to run a smartphone for long.<\/p>\n
The higher capacity one charged by 48% in five minutes and could provide up to 10 hours of talk time, the firm said.<\/p>\n
Current battery life is a significant limiting factor in the performance of portable devices.<\/p>\n
Many tech firms and entrepreneurs are researching the issue.<\/p>\n
In March, Samsung announced that the batteries in its new Galaxy S6 handsets could power up to four hours of usage after a 10-minute charge.<\/p>\n
Israeli start-up Storedot unveiled a fast-charging device at the beginning of the year which it hopes will eventually be able to charge any smartphone battery in under one minute.<\/p>\n
Scientists are also researching alternative battery materials to the traditional lithium-ion such as aluminium and graphene.<\/p>\n
Huawei says it used heteroatoms – atoms which are not carbon or hydrogen – which the firm claims can increase charging speeds without affecting the battery’s overall lifespan.<\/p>\n
“Everyone in the world – consumers and all the manufacturers – would benefit from some unforeseen breakthrough in battery chemistry technology,” Motorola president Rick Osterloh told the BBC in July.<\/p>\n
“At the moment everyone is getting interesting incremental benefits from changes in lithium-ion batteries but fundamentally there hasn’t been a Moore’s Law type curve for battery improvements and I think that would be something everyone would benefit [from].”<\/p>\n
Moore’s Law, which became the bedrock for the computer processor industry, relates to the rate at which processor speeds increase – roughly doubling every two years.
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