Is Cotton the Next Great Innovation in the Battery World?

It almost seems crazy. Cotton as the next great battery innovation? While their claims are far from proven at this point, a company in Japan claims they’ve created a battery that solves virtually all of the problems the electric car battery industry has – with nothing more than cotton.

In an article called The Organic Battery From Japan That Could Spawn the Next Tesla, Power Plus Japan makes some big claims about their batteries: "Except the silver cylinder contains no lithium oxide. Nor any expensive rare earth metals. It won’t catch fire if punctured. And unlike lithium ion batteries, it can be charged and discharged thousands of times without losing its energy capacity, its creator claims. Oh, and Power Japan Plus’ battery also generates more power than a lithium battery and can charge 20 times as fast.”

At the moment, the only electric car that can go anywhere near 300 miles on a single charge is the Tesla Model S. But in order to get these numbers it must us a huge, expensive lithium-ion battery pack, which puts it out of price range for the average consumer. This new advancement could make electric vehicles accessible to everyone.

And yes, it all came from cotton! The company utilizes cotton carbon fibers to make special properties we haven’t seen in any other carbon fiber. The resulting fiber is a Carbon Complex that works with organic electrolytes as the conducting fluid.

Another great advantage of these batteries is that they work at a steady temperature, which means there’s no need for costly cooling systems. This technology was actually first worked on in the late ‘70s and it’s only been in the last 6 ½ years that this Japanese company has been working to perfect it.

While the company is currently only creating batteries for use in electronics, they are open to working with electric car manufacturers. It seems they’re most interested in a licensing deal as opposed to creating the car batteries themselves, but at Battery Bob we’re keeping an eye on any major manufacturers who want to step up the plate.

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