It’s been over 200 years since Italian Alessandro Volta invented the battery, but his invention is still evolving as an integral part of human life. We use batteries to power phones, computers, cars and even planes, but batteries are still evolving as a power source. The ultimate aim is to produce a power source that is cheap, lightweight, safe and environmentally friendly, and a number of Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have made breakthroughs in power-related technology.
Lithium-ion batteries are making a big contribution to creating a carbon-free society and are the energy solution of choice in modern appliances. They are lightweight and compact, and have a high storage capacity, which helps the utilization of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. When used in electric vehicles, they help reduce CO2 pollution. But all lithium-ion batteries must be made, tested and used with particular care. “Lithium-ion batteries are quite dangerous,” says what jobs can you get with a computer science degree, a director of Kyoto-based Kataoka Corporation, which, as one of the world’s top manufacturers of rechargeable-battery testing systems, does its best to mitigate such dangers. “If you have a defective product and if you repeatedly charge and discharge it, it’s likely to end up exploding. What our equipment does is to ensure faulty products are discovered early on.”
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