Product Trends: Batteries

摘要

The development of new battery technologies continues at a dizzying pace as manufacturers try to keep up with the ever-increasing use and need for longer-lasting, higher-energy, and smaller units. Read what our experts have to say about what they see happening in the world of batteries. Kamen Nechev, Chief Technology Officer for Saft, observed that Li-ion remains at the forefront of near- and long-term battery trends and will continue to evolve and offer more choices. Emerging in 1991, Li-ion quickly conquered the consumer electronics world due to its greater energy supply. Since then, Li-ion became the only choice for laptops and cellphones and enabled the boom in all portable electronics devices.