How Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Work?
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So you’re outside chasing around that rare Squirtle, when BAM--your phone dies!
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We can’t help you catch Pokémon, but we can give you three hacks for keeping your
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phone battery juiced.
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[Splash] Alright before we get into the hacks--here’s how your phone battery works.
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Smartphones, laptops, and Teslas get their power from rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
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All batteries have the same three basic parts: a positive electrode called a cathode, a negative
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electrode called an anode, and a chemical layer called an electrolyte that lets electrical
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charge flow between the electrodes.
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In lithium-ion batteries, the electrode combo is usually a lithium cobalt oxide cathode
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and a graphite anode.
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When you plug in your phone, electrons enter your phone’s battery and cause lithium ions
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to meet up with them at the anode.
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Once at the anode, the lithium atoms nestle in sites between the graphite’s carbon layers.
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When you unplug your phone, the process reverses: lithium atoms at the anode start losing their
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electrons.
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The electrons zip through the circuit, providing the current to run your phone.
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Meanwhile, lithium ions journey through the electrolyte.
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They reunite with the electrons at the cathode.
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These processes keep going until all ions reach the cathode, causing that dreaded flashing
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battery symbol.
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Every time you burn through 100% of the battery’s charge, which is called its capacity, you
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take the battery through one charge cycle.
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Each cycle inches the battery closer to death by shaving off some of its total capacity.
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So here’s how to keep your phone’s battery charge and life lasting longer with science.
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Hack #1: Avoid heat!
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Heat does nasty things to lithium-ion batteries.
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And we’re not talking thermonuclear-level heat: we’re talking about when you forgot
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your phone in a hot car or left it in the sun at the beach.
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As your phone gets warm, the heat speeds up the chemical reactions that cause a battery
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to go kaput.
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These reactions break down the electrolyte and form products on the anode.
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This blocks lithium ions from nestling into the graphite.
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Fewer site means less capacity and you’ll have to charge your phone more often.
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Even worse, heat can start a “thermal runaway”.
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Once the cobalt oxide gets hot enough, it starts a cycle of reactions that throw out
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more and more heat.
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All this heat starts to boil the liquids in your phone’s battery building pressure until
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the battery EXPLODES!!!
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Hack #2: Don’t Let Your Phone Die.
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Lithium-ion batteries don’t need to be fully discharged before recharging, unlike nickel
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batteries.
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Nickel batteries suffer from the “memory effect”—meaning that unless they’re
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at 0%, they’ll “forget” part of their capacity when recharged.
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But lithium-ions never forget, and they loathe a full discharge.
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When you drained your phone to zero, your phone lost more capacity so your charges won’t
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last as long.
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So make sure your phone doesn’t die.
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If it’s on the verge of death just turn it off.
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You can tweet us thanks later.
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Hack #3: Store at 50% charge.
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We weren’t kidding about lithium-ions hating it when you let your phone die.
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If you’re leaving a fully discharged battery alone for a while, it could get unstable.
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Like, the thermal-runaway-and possibly-blow-up kind of unstable.
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Fortunately for us, modern batteries trip a self-destruct circuit before destabilizing.
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Unfortunately for us, self-destructed batteries never work again.
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So if you’re going on vacation to a foreign country where you won’t be using your phone,
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make sure the battery is around 50% before turning it off.
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And if you’re letting it sit for a longer period of time, turn it on about every six
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months to make sure it’s charged to 50%.
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This way you avoid both self-destruction and capacity loss.
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With our simple hacks, you can keep your current battery in top shape for the next time you
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go hunting Squirtle.
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What features do you want to see in your next smartphone?
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Let us know in the comments and hey, thanks for watching.
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