New battery 'super cool'

Despite the technological breakthrough of conventional NiMH batteries, lithium-ion batteries are not faultless, but the risk of overheating leads to fires and explosions.

However, if lithium-imide technology succeeds Leyden Energy as expected, lithium "fire" technology will soon follow NiMH to go to the past.

The problem with traditional lithium batteries is that they are easily absorbed by the heat (quad-core CPUs emit high temperatures, causing electromagnetic fields inside the battery to react with electrolyte and consequently weaken it. rechargeable, and easy to absorb both moisture (warm substance will react with salt in electrolyte solution and create acid). This acid will corrode both the cathode and the anode inside the battery and discharges the gas. That is why lithium-ion batteries at high temperatures are very easy to ignite and explode.

In addition, the degradation of the battery also occurs quickly: many of the batteries lose up to 50% of the charging capacity after only 300-500 recharges. Therefore, it is rare for lithium batteries manufacturers to guarantee their products for up to 24 months.

Meanwhile, new lithium-imide batteries use a special salt inside electrolyte, which can withstand better heat and not react with moisture. At the same time, it uses a different material to make cathode tubes instead of traditional aluminum. As a result, lithium-imide batteries can last up to 3 years (over 1000 rechargeable lithium-ion rechargeable batteries) and still retain the same amount of charge at the end of life.

" Even if you charge your battery every day for three years, you still have about 80% of your charging capacity ," Leyden Energy representative said.