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Honor unveils the first silicon-carbon battery with 12.8% higher energy density

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Peter 27 February 2023

Honor Mobile hardware

Most smartphone technologies advance at a rapid pace – chipsets, displays, cameras and so on. All except battery capacity, which increases at a snail’s pace. Honor thinks it has found a solution – the industry’s first silicon-carbon battery.

It promises 12.8% higher energy density compared to current lithium batteries that use graphite for one of the electrodes (the anode). To put that in more concrete terms, the Honor Magic5 Pro has a standard 5,100mAh battery. If it used a silicon-carbon battery instead, it would have had 5,450mAh capacity.

Honor unveils the first silicon-carbon battery with 12.8% higher energy density

CEO George Zhao was brief on stage, but he did show a couple of charts that offer a quick explanation of why the new battery is better. A standard lithium battery doesn’t have much left in it once its voltage drops to 3.5 volts – this is where silicon-carbon shines as it has 240% more capacity left at 3.5V than the standard battery, which leads to the 12.8% overall improvement

A silicon-carbon battery is 12.8% more energy dense than a typical lithium battery of the same size A silicon-carbon battery is 12.8% more energy dense than a typical lithium battery of the same size
A silicon-carbon battery is 12.8% more energy dense than a typical lithium battery of the same size

Interestingly, the Magic5 Pro in China is listed as having 5,450mAh battery – it seems that the new battery tech is already a reality, not just something tested in the lab. However, the international model is launching with a standard 5,100mAh battery, so we will try to confirm with Honor if the units in China really feature silicon-carbon batteries.

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  • 0odle-noodle
  • Tbx
  • 07 Mar 2023

You're the one not using your brain. I'm talking about physical size of the battery, not the size of the device. I have taken these devices apart and am referring to the PHYSICAL MESUREMENTS of the batteries. in terms of PHYSICAL MESUREMENT...

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  • Chacal y Yakarta
  • qGw
  • 07 Mar 2023

I follow a company on Twitter that sells phones with removal batteries

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  • Anonymous
  • pjh
  • 03 Mar 2023

Stop saying nonsense and USE YOUR BRAIN. Phones are far bigger than before *and* phones have far less features than before (no SD card, no Jack, etc). It is normal that they managed to put bigger batteries in them, it is not rocket science.

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