New Technologies in Rechargeable Batteries and Their Chargers
Sunday, May 9th, 2010Both the technology for batteries and their chargers have evolved greatly since their inception. This article will briefly and simply discuss the changes in these technologies.
Parts of the world are no longer using the technology of the first rechargeable cells, which included the use of Nickel Cadmim. You would likely find NiHM in the batteries being used in more recent years.
The most common type of technology used in a rechargeable battery is Lithium Ion. This is the type of battery used in your cell phone. The Li Ion battery is very user friendly, cost effective and has loads of potential for future development.
Lithium Ion has been advanced to where it is solid state, adaptable and very thin. It has the ability to be charged more than a normal battery, up to 40000 cycles. Smart Batteries have the ability to monitor their own charge, which keeps them from over or under charging.
With all these changes in battery technology, what about the chargers? The advances in charger technologies, now allow us to charge different size batteries and charge batteries with different cores, on the same charger. Chargers, also called docks, allow you to charge a 9V Lithium and NiMH AAA battery at the same time. You can purchase one charger and use it for all of your batteries. What could be more convenient?