Even if you haven’t paid that close of an eye to tech news, you’ve most likely heard of the whole fiasco that was the Samsung Galaxy Note7 and its exploding units. It looks like Samsung is hoping to address this issue by making batteries that won’t catch fire even if things go wrong. According to an unnamed Samsung executive, the company is working on solid-state batteries that can be used for smartphones. “Our technological level to produce a solid-state battery for smartphones will be mature enough in one to two years,” a Samsung SDI executive told The Korean Herald. “However, it depends on Samsung Electronics whether it will be used for phones.” According to the same exec, rival company LG Chem is also working on similar products.
Solid-state batteries don’t have any liquids that can spill or lead to fires and explosions. Lithium-ion batteries used in smartphones now have liquid electrolytes. These batteries, according to the Samsung SDI source, can also be used in electric vehicles but that’ll happen no sooner than 2025.
Source: BGR