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Toshiba's SCiB batteries landing in March

by Parm Mann on 11 December 2007, 15:14

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Near full charge in less than 5 minutes? Yes please!

It has been a long time coming but Toshiba have finally announced the next big thing in battery power. It's called an SCiB, Super Charge ion Battery for those wondering, and this little beauty will charge to 90% of its full capacity in under 5 minutes. Furthermore, Toshiba claim the battery will still be going strong after 10 years and may see a capacity decrease of only 10% after 3000 charges.

Sounds good doesn't it? It's not too far away either, Toshiba plan mass production from March 2008 but unfortunately will be focusing on industrial fields to begin with. SCiB batteries look set to show up in hybrid vehicles first but we hope, we really really hope, they'll make an appearance in smaller peripherals shortly after.

Toshiba SCiB

Just imagine, a laptop battery that doesn't explode and a mobile phone that charges in under 5 minutes. Oh the possibilities, please let us have them Toshiba!

Source: Toshiba

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Posted by deleted - Tue 11 Dec 2007 15:22
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Just imagine, a laptop battery that doesn't explode…
:hexlub:
Posted by deleted - Tue 11 Dec 2007 15:39
One thing to note, is that it may charge quick but that doesnt mean it will last long though :thumbsup:

Anyways, its good to see companys are always trying to make existing things even better :)
Posted by deleted - Tue 11 Dec 2007 16:15
Would be really good to have a laptop battery that can be charged to near full in a few minutes rather than hours. Even mobile phones.

Hopefully they will last long too, and not discharge as quickly as they charge.

It probably will be about 18m min before they even turn up in smaller peripherals - if they are going to be used in that field.
Posted by deleted - Tue 11 Dec 2007 16:19
i could have used a battery like this today. forgot to charge the laptop this morning and all the work i was going to do this morning just goes out the window
Posted by deleted - Tue 11 Dec 2007 16:50
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Hopefully they will last long too, and not discharge as quickly as they charge.
What on earth would be the point of that?

Going by the Toshiba Press Release (Toshiba : Press Releases 11 December, 2007) the standard SCiB cell is 4.2 ampere hours at 2.4V. Their standard module (designed for industrial appliations) is 4.2Ah at 24V.

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