Fast-Charging Toshiba Battery Will Set Laptops Free

MEDIA CENTER PC NEWS

March 31st 2005

Fast-Charging Toshiba Battery Will Set Laptops Free

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Toshiba's fast-charging Lithium-Ion battery

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Toshiba has announced a new Lithium-Ion battery that it claims will recharge to 80% in just one minute, 60 times faster than conventional batteries.

A full recharge can be acheived in 10 minutes.

The new battery could be installed in Toshiba notebooks as early as 2006, although early uses may well be in other products such as within the automotive industry.

The batteries are not sacrificing long life for charging speed, losing only 1% of capacity after 1,000 cycles of discharging and recharging and can operate at temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

The battery uses nanoparticles that store vast amounts of lithium ions.

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