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Honda Partners with Researchers on Magnesium Battery
Honda Motor Co. and Japan’s Saitama Industrial Technology Center (SAITEC) have developed a low-cost, magnesium-based rechargeable battery they hope to commercialize in smartphones and consumer electronic devices by 2018, The Nikkei reports.
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Honda Motor Co. and Japan’s Saitama Industrial Technology Center (SAITEC) have developed a low-cost, magnesium-based rechargeable battery they hope to commercialize in smartphones and consumer electronic devices by 2018, The Nikkei reports.
The magnesium battery has the potential to be used in hybrid and full-electric vehicles. But improvements are needed in terms of capacity and heat resistance for this to happen, according to the report.
Magnesium costs as much as 96% less than the lithium used in lithium-ion batteries. But magnesium batteries tend to degrade quickly during recharging, Nikkei notes. The newspaper says the SAITEC-Honda chemistry uses a vanadium oxide positive pole with a magnesium-based negative pole to improve ion flow and reduce deterioration. An unspecified organic substance also was added as a fire retardant.
The partners, who plan to announce the magnesium-vanadium-oxide system next month at a conference in Japan, are working with battery companies on ways to mass produce the technology.
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