Huawei on Thursday said it has developed new battery charging technology that will make time spent sitting at the outlet a thing of the past. It should be great news for several markets, particularly wearables and smartphones.Huawei said the new technology, unveiled at the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan, can charge up to ten times faster than a traditional battery.
That means you might expect to juice up something with a 600mAh battery, such as a wearable, to a 68% charge in just two minutes. For today’s recent crop of smartwatches, that might mean a day of use or more, all from just two minutes at the outlet. Even cooler? Huawei says the tech can charge a 3,000mAh battery, something that you’d find in a phablet, to a 48 percent charge in about 5 minutes.
And we thought Qualcomm Quick Charge and Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging were speedy.
At the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan, Huawei showed off its next generation of quick charging batteries. Huh? Yes, there's a Battery Symposium in Japan, and yes, there have been fifty-five of them in the past. Stay focused here.
Huawei says its new lithium-ion batteries can achieve charging speeds ten times faster than normal batteries.
The company has shared videos of two types of batteries. One has a 600mAh capacity and can reach 68% capacity in two minutes.
The larger battery has a capacity of 3,000mAh. It apparently takes just five minutes to reach 48%
For comparison, Qualcomm boasts that Quick Charge 3.0 can rejuvenate a battery to a comparable level in closer to half an hour.
As for the science, Huawei says it "bonded heteroatoms to the molecule of graphite in anode, which could be a catalyst for the capture and transmission of lithium through carbon bonds." This, the company says, increases charging speed without decreasing energy density or battery life.
For now, this is just wow factor. Hopefully we see the technology make its way into smartphones, smartwatches, or something similarly smart soon enough.
Huawei says its new lithium-ion batteries can achieve charging speeds ten times faster than normal batteries.
The company has shared videos of two types of batteries. One has a 600mAh capacity and can reach 68% capacity in two minutes.
The larger battery has a capacity of 3,000mAh. It apparently takes just five minutes to reach 48%
For comparison, Qualcomm boasts that Quick Charge 3.0 can rejuvenate a battery to a comparable level in closer to half an hour.
As for the science, Huawei says it "bonded heteroatoms to the molecule of graphite in anode, which could be a catalyst for the capture and transmission of lithium through carbon bonds." This, the company says, increases charging speed without decreasing energy density or battery life.
For now, this is just wow factor. Hopefully we see the technology make its way into smartphones, smartwatches, or something similarly smart soon enough.