Solid state battery technology is by no means a new technology, but until now has been out of the reach of smartphones, laptops or any other technology which requires a battery of over 1000mah. While we may not have access to solid state batteries just yet, current technological breakthroughs will see solid state batteries in mobile phones and laptops in the next 5 to 10 years.

What Changed
Solid state batteries have been around for a long time, but only in small applications. Items that needed to be safe and have a long battery life like pacemakers have used solid state batteries since the late 1980s. The difficulty in solid state batteries comes when trying to scale them up to larger capacity.
The dielectric just does not function the same way when made bigger, making for a battery which would have almost no lifespan compared to current lithium solutions. The big changes came some in recent years, with a huge influx of research and development by the motor industry. The added research and development have led to technological breakthroughs which allow the creation of larger capacity solid state batteries.
Safety Aspects
There is no getting around the fact that lithium-ion is not a safe battery chemistry. If treated wrong with a malfunctioning charger or control unit, it can make a fire, which in some cases can be severe. Lithium-ion is also subject to explode or catch fire when receiving physical damage, at which point the internals come into contact with … Read More