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replace the liquid electrolyte in traditional lithium-ion batteries
with a solid. According to MIT, these solid-state batteries aren’t
flammable and can be recharged hundreds of thousands of
cycles before deteriorating. Solid-state batteries also have a high
energy-to-weight ratio, offering 20 to 30 percent or more of the
power of a similar-sized traditional battery.
As more and more people have become reliant on their smart-
phones to performbasic daily tasks, the need for rapidly charging
batteries has become significant. Qualcomm has developed the
“Quick Charge 3.0” that is the current standard in fast-charging
Inside just about every electronic device you own are tiny batteries like this one. Many
of the biggest advances in technology are coming in power delivery and storage.
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