The development of mobile devices is being fuelled by changes in mobile communications services and technologies – such as third-generation handsets –and by consumers’ increasingly mobile lifestyles and work patterns. However, current and next-generation mobile devices – such as handsets that offer video on demand, Internet access and always-on connectivity, digital cameras and personal audio players – are pushing existing battery technology to its limits.
Nevertheless, battery technology is currently meeting consumer demand for convenience through an average annual increase in battery performance of 10%. But with battery technology and chemistry nearing its limits, it is expected that incremental improvements in battery performance will not keep pace with tomorrow’s power-hungry mobile devices.
This report explores battery technology and chemistry as they stand, and speculates on the alternatives to batteries that are emerging to fulfil the demands of 21st-century electronics.
Peter McLeod
Pera Knowledge