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New Device Could Increase Battery Life of Electronic Devices by More Than a Hundred-Fold
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new material that can help extend battery life and reduce the heat dissipation of battery-powered devices.
Credit: Deepak Singh
Battery-operated electronics users often complain that battery life is too short and the devices generate too much heat, and researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) have developed a material that could solve both problems.
Led by MU's Deepak K. Singh, the team developed a two-dimensional, nanostructured material by depositing a magnetic permalloy on the honeycomb structure template of a silicon substrate.
The new material conducts unidirectional current, and when built into a diode, dissipates significantly less power compared to a conventional semiconducting diode.
The resulting magnetic diode could be used to create new magnetic transistors and amplifiers that dissipate very little power, boosting the efficiency of the power source in electronic devices.
From University of Missouri
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