Zinc Matrix Offers New Silver-Zinc Technology

Zinc Matrix Power of Camarillo, California, has a new battery technology with three advantages over traditional lithium-ion batteries.

“First of all, the inherent chemistry of our batteries – based mostly on silver, zinc and water – is safer,” explains Dr. Ross Dueber, company president and CEO. “Secondly, these high-energy batteries can significantly improve upon the performance of existing lithium-ion batteries used in notebook computers and cellular phones. And finally, Zinc Matrix Power uses an environmentally friendly chemistry which allows battery cells to be recycled and the contents reused.”

This technology contains no lithium or flammable liquids and is free from the problems of thermal runaway, fire and danger of explosion. In addition, a notebook PC battery pack using ZMP cells has a longer run-time than equivalent Li-ion based battery packs. The batteries will be available to device manufacturers for evaluation and testing in early 2007.