I'm sure we would benefit from this technology, specially in the lifespan of our batteries.
"Scientists have developed a new Li Ion battery that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in only 2 minutes. The battery will also have a longer lifespan of over 20 years. Expected to be the next big thing in battery technology."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141013090449.htm
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@Dave & mP1: :-) I hope these batteries be an exception. The plus side is they call the material inexpensive and major change in the manufacturing process is not required. So the 2 year period they are expecting could be realistic.
@Siman: +1
Just read the paper. Although the graphics aren't particularly clear, if you discharge at 25C, fairly typical for our application you only get half the capacity but more importantly half the voltage as at the "high density" state quoted.
Although these batteries seem very promising for long endurance, low C applications (as you would expect for LIB), you wouldn't get away with using it as a flight pack in most aircaft.
Exactly what happened to those instantly charged super conductor batteries we heard about a while ago.