Samsung plans to launch mobile with "Graphene" battery, that can be fully charged in 12 minutes

Samsung plans to launch mobile with "Graphene" battery, that can be fully charged in 12 minutes

With smartphones coming with more processing power and storage capacity .The area where smartphone technology still lagging is "Battery Technology". With more processing power and more apps running in your phone, it consumes more of your battery power too

With Powerbank, you may have seen many people charging smartphones while traveling in metros or on a bus. These people are unable to charge their phones due to their busy life. WIth fast charging feature too.It takes between 45 minutes and 90 minutes on an average for a smartphone to be fully charged. If  smartphone not having  fast charging,then  it may take up to 2 hours for your smartphone to charge. South Korean company Samsung will soon launch the world's first smartphone with a Graphene  smartphone that will take only 12 minutes to charge.

               For your information, all the smartphones available in the market so far come with lithium-ion batteries. Smartphone companies use lithium-ion batteries because they are lightweight. The biggest problem with lithium-ion batteries is that it takes longer to charge and can also blast after being overheated. According to leaked information, the Smartphone with Samsung Graphene battery could be launched by the end of 2020 or early 2021.

                  If you talk about Graphene batteries, they are better than lithium batteries and can charge the smartphone full in 30 minutes. Graphene batteries are 33 times faster charging and discharge than typical lithium-ion batteries.

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What is GRAPHENE ?

Graphene is the thinnest material known to man at one atom thick, and also incredibly strong - about 200 times stronger than steel. On top of that, graphene is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and has interesting light absorption abilities. It is truly a material that could change the world, with unlimited potential for integration in almost any industry.

Battery basics

Batteries serve as a mobile source of power, allowing electricity-operated devices to work without being directly plugged into an outlet. While many types of batteries exist, the basic concept by which they function remains similar: one or more electrochemical cells convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. A battery is usually made of a metal or plastic casing, containing a positive terminal (an anode), a negative terminal (a cathode) and electrolytes that allow ions to move between them. A separator (a permeable polymeric membrane) creates a barrier between the anode and cathode to prevent electrical short circuits while also allowing the transport of ionic charge carriers that are needed to close the circuit during the passage of current. Finally, a collector is used to conduct the charge outside the battery, through the connected device.

Battery internal workflow

When the circuit between the two terminals is completed, the battery produces electricity through a series of reactions. The anode experiences an oxidation reaction in which two or more ions from the electrolyte combine with the anode to produce a compound, releasing electrons. At the same time, the cathode goes through a reduction reaction in which the cathode substance, ions and free electrons combine into compounds. Simply put, the anode reaction produces electrons while the reaction in the cathode absorbs them and from that process electricity is produced. The battery will continue to produce electricity until electrodes run out of necessary substance for creation of reactions.

Possible launch !

Back in 2017, Samsung highlighted its work with graphene claiming that it could charge up to 5x times faster than lithium-ion. Other advantages of the technology include less degradation over time as well as less weight from the battery overall.
Lithium-ion batteries are…suboptimal. Samsung is hoping to have at least one handset either next year or in 2021, I’m told, which will feature a graphene battery instead. Capable of a full charge in under a half-hour, they still need to raise capacities while lowering costs.

Conclusion

However, the cost of putting such a battery into a smartphone is still too high, and could take a while to come down to reasonable levels. When it does, graphene batteries could finally allow smartphones to achieve greater potential without relying on oversized and heavy lithium ion batteries. However, till then, we're going to have to keep struggling with poor battery life on our smartphones, and slow charging times.