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Japanese begin-up Power Japan Plus has launched a new battery technology that claims to supply a a lot more sustainable, safer, longer-lasting and expense-powerful battery technology with an power density comparable to a lithium ion battery. Power Japan Plus announced what it calls the Ryden, or Dual Carbon, battery, with carbon anode and cathode that makes it possible for for charging at 20 times the rate of current lithium ion batteries. Energy Japan Plus is developing the dual carbon battery in partnership with Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. Due to the fact that battery has a capacity of 24 kWh, a back-of-the-envelope extrapolation would give a charging time of 42 minutes for the 85 kWh battery of a prime of the line car.
The anode and the cathode of the battery are each made out of carbon with an organic electrolyte resolution that allows for ion present to flow separately. …
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