How fast can we get Silicon batteries in our torches?

[chanamasala]

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/january9/nanowire-010908.html

Silicon nanowire LifePO4 24000mah 18650s and 7000mah 16340s stat please.

Whoops! Repeat. Mods, sorry.

 

[VidPro]

as soon as i can roll up a press releace, move something from a pitri dish lab to reality of home consumption, and shove it in a light.
mabey 2025

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183485

how many times have we been told of "magic" 2 times outputs, and 4 times increases in the past 20 years, and had some aspect of it fall flat on its face?
ya got your Li_Fe_po4, its the big wowzer they said it would be . . . aint it :mecry:

I am glad they are working on it, and as soon as i get that "crystal" based holografic 3D optio drive working with the 300terrabyte promised (in 2002) , i will keep this link in my memory

now where did i put that tri-lithium di-chromide - fusion battery anyways, i saw it glowing around here somewhere.

 

[NA8]

What ever happened to fusion reactors ? Someone sure picked the wrong methodology. What has it been ? 50 years of research ?

I think even bubble memory made it into a few products.

 

[TorchBoy]

What ever happened to fusion reactors ?

Back to the Future came out in 1985, Doc whatever his name was went forward 30 years to get the Mr Fusion unit... that's only another 7 years 1 month (ish) we have to wait for that.

No, wait, that was fiction too.

 

[Fallingwater]

What ever happened to fusion reactors ? Someone sure picked the wrong methodology. What has it been ? 50 years of research ?

Well, fusion reactors seem to be very very complicated. More decades of research are likely to be needed before we get the first energy-generating fusion reactors, but when we eventually do the payout is going to be enormous.

As for the silicon cells... well, we can only wait and hope.

 

[LowBat]

Back to the Future came out in 1985, Doc whatever his name was went forward 30 years to get the Mr Fusion unit... that's only another 7 years 1 month (ish) we have to wait for that.

No, wait, that was fiction too.

 

[rizky_p]

thank god, they dont explode anymore right?:huh:

 

[Bullzeyebill]

If lithium ion cells of any type take hits from the TSA and we can't carry lap tops, cells phones, CR123, or LiIon lights, etc, aboard airplanes then industry will gear up for safer battery types, and we will see action soon.

Bill

 

[Dantor]

I'm still waiting for this!

every year it's coming out!

 

[Nubo]

Nanotechnology is still in its infancy. The next 20 or 30 years are going to be amazing.

 

[Fallingwater]

Nanotechnology is still in its infancy. The next 20 or 30 years are going to be amazing.

I can't wait *drools*

 

[hopkins]

I wonder how they'll prevent the silicon nanowire 'forest' from
being flattened when they inject the lithium battery paste
into the cell. To my thinking thats the biggest hurdle to jump.

Also wonder if this nanowire idea is transferable to NimH
cells and if it'll improve the self discharge problem?:thinking:

 

[AndyTiedye]

Maybe t hey could come up with something that is more like a spray than a paste, at least long enough to get it in there.