Researchers Say 9-second Charging Battery Within 2-Years

Photo via: osde8info One of the biggest complaints consumers can think up against rechargeable batteries is how darn long they take to recharge. Just for a small AA lithium battery it can take up to 4 hours to get a complete charge. Two researchers, Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have discovered a way to stuff a recharge worth of lithium ions into a AA battery in a matter of 9-seconds. Such technology will also have the capacity to spread through the gambit of various other rechargeable gadgets, such as cell ...