June 10, 2014

Charging Portable Electronics in 10 Minutes


Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan, both professors in the Bourns College of Engineering.

Researchers develop new architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes that far outperform the current standard

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a three-dimensional, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture for lithium ion battery anodes that could enable charging of portable electronics in 10 minutes, instead of hours.