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LITHIUM-METAL-POLYMER-BATTERY
A lithium battery, used to power and stabilize telecommunications networks.
| Lead versus lithium
Two types of batteries contend for the job of ensuring the reliability of telecommunications networks.
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In the left-hand corner, the lead-acid battery. Its liquid electrolyte can leak, it's very heavy, and it freezes in winter! |
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In the right-hand corner, the Lithium-Metal-Polymer battery. Kilo for kilo, it contains five times more energy than its adversary! It is dry, solid, can't leak, and is good to -40 ºC. |
A high-performance battery
The versatile and efficient Lithium-Metal-Polymer battery owes its impressive performance to two main factors.
• Its components are light and contain lots of energy.
• Its structure, consisting of thin layers, maximizes the active contact surface and hence its power.
In addition, this rechargeable battery has no "memory." You don't have to drain it completely before recharging it-a handy feature when you want to "fill 'er up"!
A battery of possibilities
This first commercialized model, the fruit of a long research and development process, is intended for telecommunications equipment. It will serve as a back-up power source when the regular power grid fails.
The Lithium-Metal-Polymer battery looks to have a promising future as a source of energy for telecommunications!
Thanks!
The AVESTOR SE 48S80 Lithium-Metal-Polymer battery is on loan from AVESTOR.
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