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Old 03-11-2009, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by C_O_jones
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle5891194.ece

The advance allows lithium-ion batteries, the standard variety used in consumer electronics and cells for electric or hybrid vehicles, both to charge and discharge stored energy more quickly than at present.

The researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have already made a small prototype cell that charges fully in 10 to 20 seconds, compared with six minutes for cells made in the standard way.
The question is how would they fare in R/C applications where more demand is made on the battery? How stable would they be?

Great stuff indeed!
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