According to Futurism, electric car maker Fisker applied for a solid-state battery patent this week, raising the battery life of the electric vehicle to an astounding 804 km and charging time down to just a minute. The company plans to introduce new battery technology in January 2018.
They are called solid state batteries because they contain solid electrodes and solid electrolytes that differentiate them from other liquid form batteries.Studies and developments in solid state batteries have been directed toward improving the life and performance of lithium ion batteries while lithium ion batteries are still Today's computers, smartphones and even electric vehicles are the most common sources of power, solid-state batteries are likely to provide a better source of electricity for electric vehicles, and electric car startup Fiske claims they have mastered the technology.
Automotive news site GreenCarCongress reported that Fisk has filed a patent this week that describes the flexible, superior energy density solid state battery. "The new battery will feature three-dimensional solid electrodes that provide 2.5 times the current lithium-ion battery Of the energy density.Fiske said that after a single full charge, this battery can support electric vehicles continued to travel 804 km.In addition, the charging time is shortened to one minute in terms of cost, due to material and manufacturing advances, it Cost only 1/3 of the estimated cost of conventional Li-ion batteries in 2020.
Fabio Albano, vice president of battery systems at Fisker, points out: 'This breakthrough marks the beginning of a new era of solid-state materials and manufacturing technology and we are addressing all the barriers to the commercialization of solid-state batteries such as Performance at low temperatures, low cost and use of scalable manufacturing methods, and to create bulk solid state electrodes with significant thickness and high active material loading We are pleased to be able to shift our focus from this point on to energy storage. '
Solid-state batteries are considered safer than lithium-ion batteries, although they have a limited temperature range and higher electrode current densities, however, as Electrek points out, these solid-state batteries are generally considered to be more versatile than current lithium-ion batteries. To reduce costs, Fisk can use a higher voltage output than today's batteries, while allowing battery assembly using existing tools and machines.
According to GreenCarCongress, Fisk's team of scientists has been working with co-founders of Sakti3, a solid-state battery startup, and the company expects to find out in 2023. "How reliable is Fisker's assertion? At least, the company knows what it is doing. Years ago, their solid-state electrode technology could be used in electric cars, which will showcase the new battery technology at CES 2018 next January, following Fisker's launch of the Fisker Motion luxury electric car.
Fisker is not the first company to get into solid-state batteries, and most companies are not yet in commercial realm. Researchers at MIT and Samsung have previously announced similar technologies, but since 2015, These technologies have not been updated, and recently a team of John Goodenough, known as the father of lithium-ion batteries, announced the development of solid-state batteries.
