SION Powers Lithium Sulfur Battery

SION Power Corp. of Tucson, Arizona, has demonstrated the first lithium sulfur, very high-specific energy rechargeable battery as a power source for a notebook personal computer. The battery reliably powered an HP TC1000 Tablet PC for an entire day on a single charge in Seattle, Washington.

SION Power lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries will have more than 350Wh/kg of power and will last in excess of 300 recharge cycles. The battery will enable notebook and tablet PCs to achieve an eight-hour runtime on a single charge, twice what’s currently found in other rechargeable batteries, while weighing less than current batteries.

The company has 40 employees, including 11 Ph.D.s and is dedicated to “Next Generation” technology. For more information, contact Mark Jost at (520) 799-7643 or mark.jost@sionpower.com.