Title :
Zinc-air rechargeable batteries for mobile power
Author :
Harris, Frank M. ; Schimpf, Mark J.
Author_Institution :
AER Energy Resources Inc., Smyrna, GA, USA
Abstract :
The AER Energy zinc-air battery is an innovative rechargeable battery technology currently being developed for commercialization. AER Energy´s efforts have produced zinc-air batteries with an energy density of 155 watt hours per kilogram, nearly triple the NiMH´s energy density. Zinc-air technology has the potential to reach 200 watt hours per kilogram, almost four times the current level. This means NiMH battery-powered computers obtaining only 2.5 to 4 hours of runtime today could be achieving 8 to 12 hours of computer runtime on an equal weight of zinc-air batteries.<>
Keywords :
portable computers; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; zinc; AER Energy; Zn; commercialization; energy density; mobile power; portable computers; rechargeable; runtime; zinc-air battery; Batteries; Cellular phones; Commercialization; Computer networks; Energy resources; Energy storage; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1994., Proceedings of the Ninth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1795-5
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1994.283598
