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replace the liquid electrolyte in traditional lithium-ion batteries with a solid. According to MIT, these solid-state batteries aren’t flammable and can be recharged hundreds of thousands of cycles before deteriorating. Solid-state batteries also have a high energy-to-weight ratio, offering 20 to 30 percent or more of the power of a similar-sized traditional battery. As more and more people have become reliant on their smart- phones to performbasic daily tasks, the need for rapidly charging batteries has become significant. Qualcomm has developed the “Quick Charge 3.0” that is the current standard in fast-charging

Inside just about every electronic device you own are tiny batteries like this one. Many of the biggest advances in technology are coming in power delivery and storage.