Thinergy micro-battery retains charge for years, very easy to misplace
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted June 25th 2009 2:44AM
posted June 25th 2009 2:44AM
As you know, it wouldn't be a typical day in the blog mines without some revolutionary battery news, and for today's fuel cell fix we'd like to present the Thinergy Micro Energy Cell. Developed by Infinite Power Solutions and consisting of "a new class of electronic component that bridges the performance gap between batteries and supercapacitors," the battery is downright lilliputian: about the thickness of a postage stamp, and half the area at its smallest. Since the battery requires a minimum of four volts to charge (with the ability to hold its charge for years) these guys are perfect for RFID cards and Big Brother-style thought-control implants. Tinfoil helmet squad: You've been warned!
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When can I get one of these for my laptop?
In fact, when can I get any of these revolutionary batteries for my portable devices?
Never, okay.
0.7 mah... LOL
FAIL.
I just want one the size of the ones now that last 10x on a single charge. That would be incredible..
I want these in cameras, stat.
why cant we put battery technology like this on cell phones and pmps?
Because cell phones PMP's are affordable. Unlike these batteries. Just wait a few years.
What's the energy density compared to Li-Ion or NiMH?
According to their website, the highest capacity is 2.5mAh. The one on the picture is only 0.4mAh. A typical AA NiMH cell has a capacity of 2400mAh!!
@Photon
A NiMH battery has a power density of 0.11-0.29 MJ/kg or 250-1000 W/kg while a Li Ion battery has 0.58 MJ/kg or 1800 W/kg. (MJ as in Megajoules.)
The higher power density the battery has, the stronger and more efficient it is and this is what Plothole is asking about. How much energy can the battery hold when it has a specified amount of 1kg mass and where will it fit in among the different types of rechargeable batteries.
Even if the battery shown only holds 0.4mAh and appears to be weak it's only because it's extremely small. The NiMH battery you refer to that holds 2400mAh is at least 1000 times bigger if not more...
Will you die in a fire already?
How about drowning? Would that be sufficient, my lord?
Now my comment seems obnoxious. It was originally a reply to a spam comment that now has been deleted.
Wait, how do they know they last for years if they just invented them? =P
Math.
They said it on the interwebs, it has to be true.
Tin foil hats won't do anything in this age! We need pure lead armor!
0.7 mAh's a little low, innit?
So it can back up...the internal clock?
But only for the past 1.23 seconds...
It's 2009, tinfoil hats have now been replaced by copperfoil hats, you have to keep ahead of their games.
* Supports more recharge cycles than any other rechargeable battery
* Rapid recharge in seconds to minutes, depending on the state of charge
* All solid-state chemistry with no liquid or polymer (organic) electrolyte used
* Ultra-low leakage with less than 1% reversible charge loss per year
* Extremely broad operating temperature range beyond most other batteries
* Safe and RoHS-compliant; contains no heavy metal or toxic chemicals
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Everything sounds great except capacity. It's closer to a capacitor than a battery, except with more benefits for many applications:
http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com/applications
Just probably not the ones most visible and useful to most of us here (and at least these guys have selling product, which is a big plus from all those articles fishing for cheap publicity & investors).
Say Lilliputian again. Go ahead, do it.
They stole the name from "Married with Children." Its a diet program for thinness and energy.
Saw these guys at the sensors expo in Chicago, their booth was packed.