One of the main challenges now facing mankind - is the development of new types of batteries that are not very expensive in mass production, quickly charged and allowed to provide a decent capacity at small dimensions, not afraid to be cold and would not suffer memory effect and would cause minimal damage to the environment during disposal. While solve all complex tasks for improving the battery is not possible, the main type of battery cells used electronic devices and electric vehicles, are lithium-ion cells.
According to the Korean agency Yonhap News, local scientists were able to develop "hybrid" battery, which combine the advantages of lithium-ion cells and supercapacitors. At least the latter, they have inherited the ability to quickly restore the charge - a hundred times faster than lithium-ion batteries. At comparable to lithium-ion elements dimensions, the new batteries have a one and a half times increased capacity.
Express charge also shortens lithium-ion batteries lifespan, so the "innate" ability of a new type of battery fast charging will be in demand by the market.