Carbon Nanotubes Give New Life to Traditional Li-ion Cells
A company called EcoloCap Solutions, Inc. has just announced some impressive results by combining carbon nanotube technology with traditional lithium-ion battery cells. After being tested by an independent engineering and scientific consulting firm, the new cells were found to provide 200 Ampere-hours each. In addition to its significantly larger Amp-hour rating, its manufacture uses powdered lithium, making it much cheaper to produce.
EcoloCap's President and CEO, Michael Siegel, was quoted as saying: "...testing has demonstrated the efficiency of the battery as greater than 99% which is unique for any kind of battery. Testing has also demonstrated an actual increase in the power densities previously calculated. I believe that the Nano Lithium battery is the highest energy density battery to date."
More information will be available when the full report gets published later this week, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out EcoloCap's website for for info on the company itself and what they do.
Source: Marketwire via Engadget
