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Articles - Toshiba Launches Ultrafast Charge Battery

Computer industry giant Toshiba has launched a breakthrough in battery technology that might change the way the world does everything. The ultrafast charging SCiB technology batteries are targeted at the manufacturing industry where the 5 minutes to full charge time could save industry money. The estimated life span of the battery is ten years under constant charge and depletion.

Toshiba plans to target the automotive sector which is increasingly under pressure to find clean alternatives to the use of hydrocarbons (gasoline and oil). The plans for hybrid automotives are still in the future as Toshiba advances the technology. Currently the SCiB is rated to perform in temperatures as low as -30 C which could make them even more suitable to automotive technology in northern climates where battery technology has been less than successful in the past.

With the safety of ion batteries having come into question after a spate of fires in laptop computers using ion batteries Toshiba focused attention on creating a safer ion battery with this new technology. The SCiB uses a negative-electrode material which is new and has a higher level of heat stability coupled with a high flash point electrolyte (the temperature has to be higher than ever before for the electrolyte to ignite). The structure of the battery is resistant to internal short circuiting. When combined the new technology make SCiB’s very resistant to rupture or combustion.

Denis Bernicky