Since a few years ago, the vendors have find a replacement battery Lithium-ion (Li-ion) and Lithium-polymer (Li-po), which until now is still the driving force in most notebook and other electronic gadgets. Name fuel cell.Compared to other devices installed in the computer, batteries, including one whose development is very slow. Because very long time, product innovation is one way this can be in place, with different hard drives or flash drives are the latest generation often appear.
What is the battery technology is too difficult, so the innovation obstructed? Not really. You need to know, the vendors have sizable long to find fuel cell technology, known as replacement batteries.
More Durable
Let's rewind to 2002. At that time, vendors such as CASIO Computer, Toshiba, Hitachi, Motorola, and MTI has introduced a fuel cell of the main candidates methanol as strong replacement Lithium. In addition to the ideal is used in products such as laptops and mobile phones, fuel cell is also considered economical power consumption able to add time-use gadget to 10 times longer.
In September 2005, LG is very optimistic with a portable fuel cell product to issue a statement that they intended to become the first company that will commercial battery for notebook. Prototype fuel cell that LG has made under the weight 1Kg and stored able to power up to 25Watt, or more than 10 hours of use time. At that time, LG predict global market for fuel cell could reach 600 billion USD in 2006, and will continue to increase to 1.9 billion USD in 2010. However, until 2006, the fuel cell has not commercial.
Around March 2006, the vendor from Taiwan named Antig declare notebook battery based fuel cell besutan they will be present in the computer shops in early 2007. Was, Antig vote early in January 2007 as the time is right to start selling their products because of the regulations the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which specifically prohibit the previous passengers carrying liquids such as metanol in the aircraft, planning will remove the rule in January 2007. Indeed, the rules are not also revoked, it is even diperketat.
Commercial 2-3 Year Later
Entering the mid-year 2007, the fuel cell is also not ready thrown into the market. Latest news about its development came on August 13, 2007. Samsung has improved the technology, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) that was exhibited belong to the public at the end of December 2006. Berdimensi size zooms up to 150mm x 50mm x 50mm. Total energy capacity of approximately 1200W with the energy output of 20W.
The advantage of the DMFC is the ability to operate ultra portable notebook series Q30, Q35, Q40 and Samsung besutan up to eight hours a day for one month. Reportedly, the original vendor of South Korea released the candidate most temuannya this slow later in 2008. Still, most analysts predict quick 2-3 years more new fuel cell can be truly commercial.
You can RIVERSIDE the slowly process with the adaptation of the IT industry Lithium batteries to fuel cell. But as this is approximately when the conditions start to shift the position of Lithium Nickel batteries (NiMH and Ni-Cd2). Although already proven clearly that the performance of Lithium far better than Nickel, still it will take time for vendors to applying it in their products.
The process of adaptation, particularly to replace something that has been massively used in most electronic products in a long time (for example Lithium batteries have been used for almost 16 years), is not easy. In addition diganjal raw material prices are still expensive, require intensive education to the consumer that is still the public with fuel cell technology because they must familiarize themselves no longer be the gadget to electricity, but to recharge the battery backup with metanol.
A Brief of Fuel Cell
Fuel cell was created first by Sir William Grove in 1839. Grove found that the water could unravel into hydrogen and oxygen when given the flow of electricity. This process is then called elektrolisis. He berhipotesis that if the process is reversed to produce electricity and water. Five hundred years later, Ludwig Mond and Charles langer memopulerkan term "fuel cell" while making the model practical to generate electricity.
Fuel cell is essentially elektrochemist energy conversion equipment. It was able to change the compound of hydrogen and oxygen into water, and in the process generate electricity. Beda with a battery change all chemicals in the body into electricity and then out, so must be discarded or rechargeable using the ration power, chemicals in the fuel cell continues to flow in the selnya constantly so that never dies.
There are many types of fuel cell batteries, but that most vendors chosen as the candidate strong replacement Lithium batteries are DMFC (Direct-methanol FC). DMFC has developed since the early 90's. Principally approximately Finding solution metanol added to the anoda battery (fuel side) and will become a proton and electron and carbon dioxide. Electrons will be carried out in the form of a fuel cell electric current is then used to run a notebook for about 8 hours. These currents and flows back to the fuel cell cathode (water side). Now, proton and electron in the cathode and react with air to form water, which further removed from the system.
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