Potential good news on lithium cells.

[b1mble]

Apparently the anodes are mostly silicon. This process forms a silicon/lithium alloy at the anodes.

Apparently the benefits include lower impedance (So less energy wasted in heating up the cell). These are aimed at phones - i.e., relatively low power and offer 50% more (phone) runtime in the same size and weight package.

If they can work with vaping currents (This remains to be seen) these might bring a whole new generation of 18650s - more current (If this process allows for it) and 50% more capacity. What's not to like?

And unlike most of the improvements I've read about, these are actually in production as I type.

Linkage.

[sydsut]

There is a problem with this website’s security certificate.

message on link

[Bluefish]

link is good

[sydsut]

Computer says NO.

[b1mble]

The issue is just an expired SSL certificate.

And maybe some toxic ads but my ad blockers mean I will never see those.

[Bobsbeer]

No problem going on there despite the warning about the certificate. Interesting to see how it pans out. I guess the details will come out once they go into production.

[VapingBad]

fixed link interesting, it extends the power by the battery being operational for another 0.6 V after LiPos are normally spent, but the low impedance is the magic term for vapers and should mean high continuous current, though no concrete details or any mention to safety gains/losses it looks promising.