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Zinc-Air Batteries Could See Triple the Run Time

Zinc-Air Batteries Could See Triple the Run Time

[ 0 ] December 1, 2009

It’s been a long time coming, but it appears that Energizer is finally preparing the release of a zinc-air battery that would see a 300% increase in run time over it’s previous batteries that use the same type of technology. The Zinc Air Prismatic batteries use the same zinc air technology implemented in hearing aid [...]

Breakthrough: Air-Fueled Battery Could Provide 10 Times the Storage of Current Technologies

Breakthrough: Air-Fueled Battery Could Provide 10 Times the Storage of Current Technologies

[ 2 ] May 19, 2009

By applying a similar concept to that being used in zinc-air batteries, researchers at the University of St. Andrews believe they are close to developing a lithium-air battery with the potential to allow up to ten times the energy storage than that of current lithium batteries. The battery is being called the STAIR (St. Andrews [...]

Zinc-Air Technology Now Being Used For Portable Phone Chargers

[ 0 ] March 1, 2009

KFE Japan has come out with a new type of portable cellular phone charger, one that utilizes zinc-air batteries in place of the AA alkaline- and lithium-powered typically used in portable chargers. While zinc-air technology itself is starting to be used by some of the leading battery manufacturers, KFE Japan is the first to combine [...]