NOKIA BELL LABS AND AMBER RESEARCHERS FORMULATE NEW BATTERY DESIGN FOR THE 5G WORLD
20 Junio 2019 - 1:26PM
- New battery technology provides
critical attributes for 5G networks, renewable energy grids, and
the consumer and Industrial Internet of Things
- Offers 2.5 times the battery
life in the same volume as the current market leading super slim
battery
- Doubles the energy a battery can
carry without changing the weight, a critical requirement for uses
such as IoT networks, electric vehicles and drones
20 June 2019, Espoo, Finland, and
Dublin, Ireland: Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs and AMBER, the
SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research
hosted at Trinity College Dublin, today announced they have created
a new, innovative formula for battery composition that makes
batteries more powerful by packing 2.5 times the battery life than
anything currently on the market. As the world transitions to 5G,
ushering in a new era of consumer and industrial Internet of Things
(everything from wearable technologies, pervasive sensors, to
industrial robots), this new, game-changing battery design has the
potential to help power the connected world of the future.
The increasing power requirements of connected
devices such as smartphones, drones, electric cars and robots
necessitates greater battery performance for both new applications
as well as longer battery lifetimes. The new battery design also
has far-reaching implications for 4G and 5G networks where
conventional power may not be available for network equipment, or
where emergency backup battery systems are essential to keep
systems running.
"By packing more energy into a smaller space, this
new battery technology will have a profound impact on 5G and the
entire networked world," said Paul King, one of the lead
investigators on the project and Member of the Technical Staff,
Nokia Bell Labs. "The combination of Nokia Bell Labs industry
and device knowledge and AMBER's materials science expertise
allowed us to tackle an extremely difficult problem involving
multiple disciplines. Our results were achieved through the deeply
collaborative mode in which we work, underscoring the value of
engaging with AMBER as part of our global research strategy."
"The significant advancement in battery technology
outlined in this research is a testament to the strong
collaboration between AMBER and Nokia Bell Labs. Bringing
scientists together from industry and academia with a common
research goal has resulted in a substantial scientific
breakthrough," said Dr. Lorraine Byrne, AMBER Executive Director.
"AMBER's partnership with Nokia Bell Labs through their
Distinguished Academic Partners Program has been a hugely positive
experience and clearly illustrates the benefits of
industry-academic engagements. I look forward to AMBER's
collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs continuing to break new
boundaries in science creating impact for society."
An additional benefit to this new technology is
its potential to improve the performance of large-scale energy
grids powered by renewable energy. The demand for reliable
power relies on storage technologies, such as the battery
technology described here, to manage the high fluctuation in energy
generation in today's wind and solar renewable technologies.
A new study from Wood Mackenzie shows that the energy storage in
100 percent renewable systems will likely be 25 times higher as
compared to today's systems. This will pose issues as the need for
efficient, fast charging and compact energy storage becomes even
more imperative.
A patent has been filed to protect this new
technology design and help bring it to the marketplace. A study
discussing the battery research performed by Nokia Bell Labs and
AMBER has been published in Nature Energy* a leading international
science journal.
Nokia Bell Labs has been collaborating with AMBER
as part of the Nokia Bell Labs Distinguished Academic Partners
Program. The program brings together Nokia Bell Labs researchers
with the best and brightest minds at the world's top universities
to solve future human needs, transform human existence, and deliver
disruptive innovations.
About Nokia Bell
Labs
Nokia Bell Labs is the world-renowned industrial research arm of
Nokia. Over its more than 90-year history, Bell Labs has invented
many of the foundational technologies that underpin information and
communications networks and all digital devices and systems. This
research has resulted in 9 Nobel Prizes, three Turing Awards, three
Japan Prizes, a plethora of National Medals of Science and
Engineering, as well as an Oscar, two Grammy awards and an Emmy
award for technical innovation. For more information, visit
www.bell-labs.com.
About AMBER
AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) is a
world-leading SFI Research Centre funded by Science Foundation
Ireland, hosted by Trinity College Dublin which provides a
partnership between leading researchers in materials science and
industry to develop new materials and devices for a range of
sectors, particularly the ICT, medical devices and industrial
technology sectors. Working in collaboration with CRANN (Trinity's
Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices),
the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering and with University College
Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
ENDS
For further information, please
contact:
For Nokia:
Phone: +358 (0) 10 448 4900
E-mail: press.services@nokia.com
or Eric.Mangan@Nokia.com
For AMBER:
Aoife Van Wolvelaere, Edelman
Aoife.VanWolvelaere@edelman.com
Caption for photo:
Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs and AMBER have created a new,
innovative formula for battery composition that packs 2.5 times the
battery life than anything currently on the market. As the world
transitions to 5G, ushering in a new era of consumer and industrial
IoT, the new battery design will help power the connected world of
the future.
Photo of researchers at Nokia Bell
Labs and AMBER
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