News Forget lithium ion — world’s first silicon-carbon battery blows that tech away

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Alongside its new phones, Honor has announced a new type of battery, built with silicon and carbon, that will offer devices more power in a smaller footprint.

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I'm pretty sure the batteries that Honor unveiled are lithium-ion, just using a silicon carbide anode. A nearly 13% jump in energy density is nothing to scoff at, but silicon carbide is a replacement for the iron phosphate or nickel-manganese-cobalt portion of the cell, not the lithium part.