New Battery can Charge 10 Times Faster than Traditional Lithium-Ion Battery Written by AZoMApr 7 2021 A new type of battery designed by scientists from St Petersburg University can charge 10 times faster than a regular lithium-ion battery. Image Credit: Hryshchyshen Serhii/shutterstock.com The battery has a lower environmental impact and is also safer in terms of possible fire hazards. The study was funded by the Russian Science Foundation and the results have been published in the Batteries & Supercaps journal. Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in people’s day-to-day life. These batteries are generally used in electric vehicles and they dominate the small format battery sector for portable electronic devices.