{"id":236864,"date":"2026-05-10T07:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/quantum-battery-charges-in-a-quadrillionth-of-a-second-with-a-laser-larger-prototypes-could-last-for-years-after-charging-for-just-a-minute"},"modified":"2026-05-10T07:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:05:03","slug":"quantum-battery-charges-in-a-quadrillionth-of-a-second-with-a-laser-larger-prototypes-could-last-for-years-after-charging-for-just-a-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/quantum-battery-charges-in-a-quadrillionth-of-a-second-with-a-laser-larger-prototypes-could-last-for-years-after-charging-for-just-a-minute","title":{"rendered":"Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser \u2014 larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-battery-charges-in-a-quadrillionth-of-a-second-with-a-laser-larger-prototypes-could-last-for-years-after-charging-for-just-a-minute.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This allows all molecules within the battery to charge at a constant speed, no matter its size. The more molecules involved, the more efficiently energy is absorbed throughout the system, meaning charging times actually decrease in real terms as the battery size increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilar to conventional batteries, quantum batteries charge, store and discharge energy,\u201d, explained Hutchinson in the statement. \u201cBut while everyday batteries rely on chemical reactions, quantum batteries leverage properties of quantum mechanics. The advantage of quantum is that the system absorbs light in a single, giant \u2018super absorption\u2019 event and this charges the battery faster.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This allows all molecules within the battery to charge at a constant speed, no matter its size. The more molecules involved, the more efficiently energy is absorbed throughout the system, meaning charging times actually decrease in real terms as the battery size increases. \u201cSimilar to conventional batteries, quantum batteries charge, store and discharge energy,\u201d, explained [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1497,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-energy","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}