Indian Engineer Works On Battery To Help Phones Work For Five Days Straight

In this digital age, we all hope that our smartphones could last long like the old features phone that can work for days with just one single charge. Today, our phones have become more power-hungry. And this team of scientists has figured out a solution to this problem.

The research can be found in Science Advances. Researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have created a battery using sulfur and lithium that can easily beat current lithium polymer and lithium-ion batteries.

This project is led by Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani along with Prof. Mainak Majumder and Associate Professor Matthew Hill.

For this battery, the researchers use the same materials that could be found in regular Li-ion batteries. But they have made some changes by using sulfur cathodes to enable higher stress loads but not dropping the batteries’ overall performance and capacity.

Not only smartphones can benefit from these batteries but also electric cars. These batteries can improve the range and performance of a vehicle without needing to recharge it frequently.

In a statement, Prof. Majumder said that if Li-S batteries could be successfully fabricated and implemented in cars and grids, they would play a significant part in the $213 billion Australian lithium field and would revolutionize the country’s vehicle market by providing a cleaner as well as more reliable energy market.

He further added that his research team had received a funding of over $2.5 million from the government as well as international industry partners so that this battery technology can be tested in cars and grids.

Battery manufacturing giants from China and Europe are trying to upscale the overall process. These manufacturers have been testing for further optimizing batteries.