Power Japan Plus' invention is a safer, faster-charging battery

May 13, 2014 14:32 GMT  ·  By

Normally, batteries have an anode on one side and a cathode on the other, with an electrolyte in between the two. Power Japan Plus hasn't exactly strayed from this model, but it has changed the materials.

You see, in a lithium ion battery, lithium ions travel from the anode to the cathode, creating a chemical reaction that lets electrons be harvested around the way.

So it's not that energy is stored, exactly, but that the battery contains substances which can generate electricity when needed.

PJP's new all-carbon battery is different in that both the anode and cathode use carbon, and doesn't use the flammable lithium oxide either.

It's a lot safer that way, unlikely car batteries that degrade over time, or the ones used by electric cars that are really, really expensive.

So, the carbon batteries are a lot safer, and they also have longer lifetime (3,000 cycles instead of 500), in addition to being really fast at regaining charge (can recharge 20 times faster).

It will also avoid those nasty explosions in the event of battery punctures (possible when inside out-of-control cars and the like). Sadly, there is no time line for the mass production of the new batteries, or even a price list.