Charging time is a very important factor driving the adoption of electric vehicles, and we see the industry striving to get drivers back from the charging station to the road as quickly as possible. The goal is to get to the internal combustion vehicle.
The American company Enovix hopes to play a leading role in this field with its next-generation battery design. which he says can be almost fully charged in less than 10 minutes.
Reducing the charging time of electric vehicles to a few minutes is a common goal for battery scientists, and we are seeing progress from both research groups and private companies working in this area.
This includes research on aluminum-ion batteries and experimental electrodes that could cut recharge times to minutes, while other companies have other offerings, almost all of which involve replacing battery components.
Tech company ABB has what it claims is the world’s fastest electric vehicle charger, capable of fully charging a vehicle in 15 minutes or less. enovix works to cut those numbers down with a proprietary battery architecture that has an EV class silicon cathode and anode formed into a “3D cell architecture”.
In the last decade of battery research, silicon has been the material of choice as an alternative to graphite used in modern anodes due to its superior energy storage potential.
Enovix doesn’t go into details, just saying that the battery’s design increases energy density and can last over 1000 cycles. retaining 93% of its power.
The company is developing its technology as part of a US Department of Energy grant program.and hopes to offer a solution not only for electric vehicles, but also for broader energy storage applications.
On Monday, he announced that he had shown that its battery can be charged from zero to 80% in just 5.2 minutes, and to over 98% in less than 10 minutes.
If this holds true and the development of these batteries is not banned, we may be facing a new generation of batteries, a long-awaited generation that offers electrical superiority.
Source: Computer Hoy
