Saw this article on ABC news today.. I'm certainly no expert on quantum physics.. But this seems a bit fishy to me. Anyone with any expertise/experience in this area able to provide any insight? In the article, the University Professor behind it seems to think he can get a working prototype happening in 6 months...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-21/new-technology-could-help-to-charge-your-iphone-instantly/10021086Battery could charge 'devices instantly'The concept of the battery will be developed at Adelaide University and could see electronic devices charged instantly.
Dr James Quach said that once developed, the battery could be charged in less than a second.
"So for example your mobile phone at the moment will take, I don't know, thirty minutes or an hour to charge with the quantum battery and if we are successful it would have instantons charging so it would revolutionize the energy storage industry," he said.
"…what I mean is, the more batteries that you have, the quicker the charging rate."
So how is this technology possible?Dr Quach said this technology would possible thanks to a feature of quantum mechanics known as entanglement.
"Quantum mechanics deals with interactions at the very smallest of scales, at the levels of atoms and molecules — at this level you get very special properties that violate the conventional laws of physics," he said.
"One of those properties is entanglement. When two objects are entangled it means that their individual properties are always shared — they somehow lose their sense of individuality.
Dr Quach said he would "take the theory from the blackboard to the lab".
"Entanglement is incredibly delicate, it requires very specific conditions — low temperatures and an isolated system — and when those conditions change the entanglement disappears," he said.
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Photo: Dr James Quach aims to build the world's first quantum battery. (ResearchGate)
"In terms of time frames, I'm hoping to demonstrate this over the next six months and then after that try and take it further by scaling it up and making it more robust
"The long-term aim is to scale up, to build bigger batteries which will support renewable energy technologies by making it possible for continuous energy supply no matter the weather conditions — rain, hail or shine."