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Hundreds of Li batteries built of carbon minipillars.(Polymers/Ceramics)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  May, 2004  

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A method for growing miniature carbon pillars that could lead to a new generation of lithium batteries for devices ranging from mobile phones to laptop computers has been developed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. While typical mobile-phone batteries generate current when lithium ions flow between two terminals, the new technique creates an array of multiple terminals out of carbon rods.

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A greater number of lithium ions float between them, increasing power, and in effect, allowing hundreds of batteries to fit into the space of a single battery cell. Neat ...

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