Samsung is already working on the manufacture of solid-state batteries for smartphones, thus improving the safety of batteries and preventing them from exploding.

Current lithium-ion batteries have several problems, including battery degradation and poor manufacturing can cause them to catch fire, as Samsung well knows. The current trend is that solid state batteries will be developed in the coming years, to replace the current ones, which will improve the durability and safety of the batteries. Currently there are already these types of batteries, they are GEL batteries and are called stationary, they do not require maintenance and have good durability and are normally used to power isolated installations that are powered by photovoltaic panels.

The period The Korea Herald has announced that Samsung would be in a position to launch a smartphone with solid-state batteries, yes, it will not be soon, the forecasts are two years ahead. This is information from an executive at Samsung SDI, one of the company's subsidiaries, which manufactures batteries and who has wanted to remain anonymous. According to this executive, the company would be in a position to manufacture solid state batteries and they would be seen within one or two years. The engineer commented: “Our technological level to produce a solid-state battery for smartphones will be mature enough in one to two years. However, it is up to Samsung Electronics if it will be used for phones. "

Everything indicates that these solid state batteries will be destined, in the first instance, to smartphones, since they are the devices that offer a longer useful life and also offer greater security. This technology is expected to scale to other sectors such as vehicles, but it will not reach these until 2025, because the safety regulations in vehicles are much more strict and complex. Not only Samsung SDI works in solid state batteries, there are many other companies that work in this technology, to extend its commercialization, such as LG Chem. The electrolytic is solid state, instead of being liquid state, thus reducing the Fire and explosion risk.