Small IoT devices could use 3D batteries
A team of engineers is looking to redesign the necessary battery for these devices, without reducing their energy demands
The technology revolutionizes and new challenges are born for those who seek to improve the design of the necessary devices for the next generation interconnected through the network (IoT).
Such is the case of Bruce Dunn, professor at the University of California, United States, who leads a team of engineers that redesigns the battery needed for a small and thin electronic device, without reducing their energy demands.
The configuration chosen by his team is called a “concentric tube” design, where a series of uniformly spaced anode posts are uniformly covered by a thin layer of a self-healing polymer electrolyte and the region between the posts is filled with the cathode material.
Many researchers have only been able to build half of a battery of this type, creating anodes and cathodes that are stable on their own, but fail to try to assemble these electrodes in a functional battery, something that Dunn’s team achieved through silicon.
For now, studies and advances continue to meet the demands of new devices that need greater storage capacity, energy in tight spaces for their vital functioning.
N. Moncada
Source: CriptoTendencia
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