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Toshiba to Launch Innovative Rechargeable Battery
SCiB", a safe, long-life, rapid charge battery to come to market in March 2008
Breda, 13 december 2007 Toshiba Corporation today announced the commercial launch of the SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), a breakthrough rechargeable battery primarily targeting the industrial systems market that can recharge to 90% of full capacity in less than five minutes. The battery offers excellent safety and a long-life cycle of over 10 years, even under conditions of constant rapid charging. Toshiba aims to make this high potential battery a mainstay of its industrial systems and automotive products businesses, with global sales of 100 billion yen (around USD 900 million) targeted for fiscal year 2015. The first SCiB will be shipped from March 2008.
In order to realize the outstanding characteristics of the SCiB, Toshiba adopted a new negative electrode material, new separators, a new electrolyte, and new manufacturing technology. The result is a highly reliable rechargeable battery with well-balanced performance, offering excellent safety, a long-life cycle and a rapid charge-discharge capability.
The SCiB is housed in the SCiB Standard Module ten 4.2 ampere-hour (Ah) SCiB cells aligned in series connection which maximizes the battery characteristics with a battery management system function (BMS) that monitors voltage and temperature in order to protect the cells in case of emergency, and that balances the state of charge in each cell.
SCiB Major Characteristics
Excellent safety The possibility of rupture or combustion is very low.
Long-life cycle The SCiB can be continuously used for more than 10 years with a once-a-day recharge-discharge cycle.
Rapidly rechargeable The SCiB allows recharge with a current as large as 50 amperes (A), enabling the SCiB Cell and SCiB Standard Module to recharge to 90% of full capacity in only five minutes.
High power (practical capacity) The SCiB has an input-output performance equivalent to that of an electric double layer capacitor, making it suited to high power applications.
Temperature SCiB operates well in temperature extremes, with sufficient discharge at temperatures as low as -30°C.
SCiB Major Specifications
SCiB Cell
SCiB Standard Module
Name
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TBP Series
Nominal Voltage
2.4V
24V
Nominal Capacity
4.2 ampere hours (Ah)
4.2 ampere hours (Ah)
Size
Approx. 62 x 95 x 13mm
Approx. 100 x 300 x 45mm
Weight
Approx. 150 grams
Approx. 2000 grams
Over Toshiba
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