Professor Yi Cui Develops Super Silicon Lithium Battery

A friend sent me a story this morning about a breakthrough in Lithium batteries that could change the world forever. Stanford professor Yi Cui has developed a technique that will increase the life of Lithium batteries by 10 times longer than current technology. The biggest market for these longer life batteries will be for laptop computers. Since the invention of portable notebook computers, battery life has ranged from three to four hours. If Yi Cui research is proven correct, future laptop computers could run up to 40 hours before needing to be recharged. This is no small development in the world of battery technology. In fact, Cui's work in the field of improving rechargeable battery life could be one of the biggest events since the invention of the personal computer.

Almost every professional business person carries a laptop computer with them when they travel. Now with Yi Cui's improvement in battery life, these business people could charge their laptop computer over the weekend and potentially have enough battery life to last the entire week. Add to the millions of business people that use laptop computers on a daily basis to keep in touch with fellow employees via email when traveling, millions more people that never leave home on vacation without a portable notebook computer and you have a major breakthrough in battery technology. Not only will Cui's development in battery technology improve the length of time a rechargeable battery last in a laptop computer, but other devices like digital cameras and cell phones could run months before they needed to be recharged.

If this new research by Yi Cui is eventually proven to work as advertised, he will soon be added to the list of richest billionaires by Forbes Magazine. While there is tremendous upside potential for laptop computers and other digital devices because of this breakthrough development, there are other markets that will soon be discovered to be just as valuable and potentially earth shattering for companies and consumers alike. The only missing link for explosive growth in the electric car market has been the short period of time current cars would run before they needed to be recharged. Just image the consumer demand for an electric car that could travel hundreds of miles at 70 MPH on a single charge? We have not heard the last of Yi Cui and if his new development in battery life really works, the world will look completely different 10 years from now.

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