Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have made a groundbreaking discovery.
Chemist Reginald Penner and doctoral candidate Mya Le Thai developed a nanowire-based battery that lasts 400 times longer than current batteries.
Traditional lithium-ion batteries degrade over time, but this new technology could change everything.
The team coated gold nanowires with a manganese dioxide shell and suspended them in a gel.
This innovative setup prevents the nanowires from breaking, even after 200,000 charge cycles.
“We didn’t expect these results,” said Penner. “Mya coated the nanowires with a gel, and they just kept working.”
While using gold makes these batteries costly but …
