Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology has historically been the power cell of choice, especially given that we’re always all looking to maximize our smartphone’s battery life. However, many modern ...

Li-polymer-based batteries have been the “next big thing” in portable power for the last 10 years. They started appearing in small consumer electronics applications, such as wireless headsets, several ...

Rechargeable lithium batteries come in a variety of configurations, physical sizes, and capacity ratings. There are three basic configurations within the industry for lithium chemistry. The first are ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. A battery technology that was touted nine years ago ...

Rechargeable lithium chemistry battery cells found their mass market foothold in the field of personal electronics. The technology has since matured enough to be scaled up (in both physical size and ...

Lithium or Li-ion batteries are cheap, easy to use and recharge. There is actually no difference between Lithium Ion and Lithium Ion Polymer. The advantage of the Li-ion is that the size is smaller, ...

The proportion of global demand for lithium-ion polymer (Li-poly) batteries is expected to increase from 15-16% in 2011 to 24% in 2012 due to fast growing sales of tablets and ultrabooks, according to ...

It’s no secret that wireless mice can eat through batteries pretty quickly. Rather than keep a fresh supply of AAs on hand at all times, [Phil] decided he would convert his mouse to use a rechargeable ...

Our globalized world requires reliable, high-performance power sources to meet increasing consumer demands for connectivity and mobility. At the forefront of this phenomenon stands Shenzhen PKCELL ...

Replacing the anode in commercial lithium-ion batteries with a silicon-based version could improve how much charge a battery can hold. But silicon anodes have been difficult to develop because they ...