In response to previous media reports that Huawei will use graphene batteries in the upcoming P40 smartphones, Li Xiaolong, vice president of Huawei's mobile phone product line, said on Tuesday that this is false news, according to yicai.com.
Huawei France on Monday hinted on Twitter that Huawei will be the first manufacturer of high-end smartphones equipped with graphene batteries, which will bring longer battery life and faster charging speed.
The tweet was a comment by Huawei France forwarding an article stating that Huawei P40/Pro will be equipped with graphene batteries.
Because of its high conductivity, high strength, ultra-thinness, and other characteristics, graphene is called a "magic material". This hexagonal two-dimensional crystal composed of one or more layers of carbon atoms is known as the next disruptor in the field of materials.
However, for the first time, many people heard that it was still a media interview from Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.
Ren Zhengfei said that a technological revolution will erupt in the next 10 to 20 years. The biggest subversive event in this era will be the replacement of the silicon era by the graphene era.
In August this year, Samsung said that it had made breakthroughs in the technology of using graphene instead of lithium, and the news once triggered a rapid rise in the concept of A-share graphene stocks.
Huawei has already demonstrated its graphene batteries in 2016. Huawei has also collaborated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom to study the application of graphene and how to apply breakthrough results in the field of graphene to consumer electronics and mobile communications equipment.
However, from an application perspective, the industry still has doubts about the industrialization of graphene.
Industry insiders point out that from a historical perspective, graphene has been around for only one year and five since its birth. The scientific research of graphene was still in its infancy in 2004.
After the inventor of graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010, all the basic research work on graphene was officially launched. The development of industry applications must rely on mass production of graphene.
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