How fast does your phone charge? And how quickly would you like your future smartphone to charge?
At the moment, Xiaomi has presented one of the fastest fast charging technologies. Its 100W recharge appears to come from another planet.
The war for energy
All smartphone manufacturers are working hard to get the batteries of the future. There is an open hunt for increasingly advanced technologies in terms of fast charging, and the reasons are obvious.
The game is simple: applications are expanding, mobile phones are increasing in performance, companies must solve the problem of lack of energy.
Today though, in spite of so many efforts, there is no technology that allows manufacturers to supply more energy to a battery with a given capacity.
Tomorrow this new technology could solve the problem: Xiaomi said it has already developed it. If there are no even more extreme innovations it will soon appear on future phones.
The new fast charging technology
December 1, Peking University Global Alumni Forum. The professor Huang Yunhui from the University of Science and Technology of China presented the results of his research.
The technology uses a nitrogen-treated carbon anode material to achieve the highest capacity known. It is based on the "principles of construction and synergy of materials for high-performance composite electrodes for energy storage", already awarded in 2016 by the National Academy of Sciences.
What fast charging technologies can we expect in the near future?
While waiting for the new fast charging technology to be integrated into the mobile phones of the future, Chinese brands are still pushing the issue.
Huawei P30 supports super-fast charging from 22,5 W, while P30 Pro supports fast charging from 40 W. OPPO has reached a fast charge of 65 W and Xiaomi has just released a fast charge of 100 W: with this mechanism a whole 4000 mAh battery reaches 100% charge in just 17 minutes.