Japan's R&D Lithium-Ion Battery Charges Increase 10 Times

Recently, a Japanese company has successfully developed a new lithium-ion rechargeable battery material, which has higher safety and longer life than a conventional battery at the same energy density. The material can not only reduce the battery size, the most important thing is to be able to increase the lithium-ion battery power 10 times, is expected to be mass production in 3 to 4 years, mainly for Japan's domestic and foreign battery manufacturers.

It is understood that the current mainstream lithium-ion batteries are all made of carbon materials. The Shin-Etsu chemical industry has used years of experience in processing technologies and used silicone instead of carbon materials, even though silicones are more expensive than carbon materials. It is high, but its power storage capacity is 10 times that of carbon materials, which can solve the trouble of frequent charging of smart phone users. Currently, the main market for lithium-ion batteries is South Korea's Samsung Electronics SDI and Japan's Matsushita Co., Ltd., and nearly 50% of the raw materials used in these lithium-ion batteries are produced by Japanese companies. On the other hand, China and South Korea’s technological capabilities in the battery field are also constantly improving and they also have strong competitiveness. Today, the annual output of smart phones in the world has exceeded 700 million, and the lack of power has always been a serious flaw in smart phones.

The current global smartphone production volume continues to grow. The research and development of this battery will have a large market, and it can also be extended to electric vehicles, satellite R&D, and energy storage in medical equipment.