Samsung, MIT find way to make batteries with 'indefinite' lifetime
Aug 19, 2015
The U.S.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Samsung Group said Wednesday they have found a way to make batteries with an "indefinite" lifetime by replacing an existing liquid substance with a solid material.MIT and Samsung discovered that one of the three basic components of batteries, the electrolyte, could help extend the batteries' lifetime indefinitely, in theory, if it is changed to a solid state from the current liquid form.MIT said the findings will become a "game changer" fo