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Silicon anodes

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What happened

Silicon-carbon batteries had spread to many flagship phones, including the OnePlus 13, Honor Magic 7 Pro, OPPO Find X8 and vivo X200 series. Apple, Google and Samsung had not adopted them yet.

Why it matters

Phones get bigger batteries in the same space: silicon-carbon anodes give roughly 10% to 20% more energy, depending on how much silicon they hold.

Android Authority, 19 Mar 2025
How far from your life

Everyday life

Silicon-carbon battery anodes is on step 5 of 5. It is probably already in your life.

Source
“The HONOR Magic 7 Pro, OPPO Find X8, and the vivo X200 series are equally new flagship models”Android Authority, 19 Mar 2025

The bigger picture

More on Silicon anodes

On step 5 of 5: Everyday life. Everything we track on it

  1. Production

    Sila started operations at its silicon anode plant in Moses Lake, Washington, built for car batteries: 2 to 5 GWh of capacity at first.

    Evertiq, 24 Sept 2025
  2. On sale

    The Whoop 4.0 fitness tracker went on sale as the first product with Sila's silicon anode material, which raised its battery's energy density by about 17%.

    MIT Technology Review, 8 Sept 2021