Smartphone batteries are yet to see breakthroughs despite the potential for innovative battery technologies to improve performance, but such innovations have not made significant advancements due to limitations in their commercial implementation. However, over the last two years, the progress in this domain has been fuelled by the successful application of Lithium-Silicon anode batteries.

Recently, Honor announced the commercial application of Silicon-carbon Battery technology for its smartphones in MWC 2023. The company has claimed to achieve significant breakthroughs in dramatically increasing energy density and improving the total battery charge times.


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Amperex Technology Ltd. (ATL), the world leading supplier of smartphone battery cells has partnered with Group14 Technologies, to deliver the battery cells featuring Silicon-carbon anode to Honor. This is the first application of Silicon-carbon batteries in smartphones.  The implementation of this technology is led by Group14’s battery material product, SCC55™ which delivers higher performance than traditional lithium-ion batteries.