The Honor Magic6 Pro, recently unveiled, features a next-generation silicon-carbon battery that ensures more dependable performance in various conditions and increased power density. The battery stands out as the first in the world of smartphones to include a standalone chip known as the Power Enhanced Chip Honor E1.
The new battery technology utilizes silicon instead of graphite for the negative electrode. Silicon offers several advantages over graphite, with its density being the most noteworthy. The silicon anode provides 10 times the power density of graphite but expands in volume by up to 300% and has a shorter life cycle. That’s why Honor has opted for a silicon-carbon anode to counterbalance the inherent drawbacks of silicon.
Honor claims that the Microtunneling Laser Guidance technology has a significant impact when used for the silicon-based anode. This technology increases the contact area between the electrolyte and the silicon-based anode, thereby unlocking the usable capacity in the low-voltage range. In this way, it helps to increase the battery’s capacity, allowing for more of the available charge to be used.
The second-generation silicon-carbon battery also brings improvements in charging. To ensure optimum performance, the company has even added a standalone chip to manage the battery.
The chip constantly adjusts the current based on the environment and loads involved. According to Honor, this makes the battery safer and enables it to perform better in extreme weather conditions, especially in cold weather, while also offering more accurate percentage readings of the remaining battery. This has enabled the new Magic6 Pro to charge at 80W, as opposed to 66W.
Honor asserts that the Magic6 Pro outperforms every smartphone at -20°C in terms of efficiency. Interestingly, Tesla has been researching such battery technology since 2016 and has already implemented it in some of its vehicles.
