ReVolt's Zinc Air batteries

Reenergizing battery technology

The metal-air battery, which boasts high energy density and low production cost, is not a new concept in the portable power market, but today’s metal-air batteries are primary (non-rechargeable) and used almost exclusively for low power applications, e.g hearing aids.

The issues

The barriers to successful commercialization of metal-air batteries can be summed up as follows:

ㆍ They can't deliver sufficient power ㆍ They lose a lot of power very quickly ㆍ The cell dry out, becoming useless after only a few months ㆍ There is no satisfactory way to recharge them

Alternative solutions, like non-electrical refill batteries, are not at all suited to portable devices and/or their space- and power-hungry peripherals.

The solution

It would be difficult to overestimate the impact of ReVolt Technology's breakthrough achievement in developing a metal-air battery that overcomes all of the above barriers to deliver:

ㆍ POWER: ReVolt's new technology has a theoretical potential of up to 4 times the energy density of Lithium-Ion batteries at a comparable or lower production cost.

ㆍ LIFETIME: Extended battery life due to stable reaction zone, low rates of dry-out and flooding, and no pressure build-up problems.

ㆍ RECHARGEABILITY: Controlled deposition with no short-circuit, high mechanical stability.

ㆍ COMPACT SIZE: No need for bulky peripherals such as cooling fans or temperature control systems. If what these guys say is true then the battery tech is swiftly catching up on the internal combustion engine in terms of range and top speeds. I think we should consider the lithium battery a dead end. Although good they are just not good enough, as evidenced by the conversation that me and Gahan had with Justin from the RSA.(Sound man) He was going on about a Ford transit that had been purchased by the ESB from Smiths Electric Vehicles in England. The lithium battery pack weighed about half a ton which made it so that the passenger capacity of the van was only two men before it was over the legal weight limit for the chasis(the given average for a man is 75kg). A van with that kind of carrying capacity is useless really. We need to think about trying to get our hands on some of these batteries. I know we're only four boys from Wicklow/Dublin/Mayo but sure fuck it who's going to stop us