Robert Way/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Chinese smartphone vendor Honor unveiled the world's first commercial silicon-carbon battery at MWC 2023, the Honor Magic Pro 5. A flagship built with a 5,450 mAh battery with 12.8% higher energy density than traditional lithium-ion batteries. However, only the Chinese version of the phone would offer the silicon-carbon battery. Honor has since released other devices with silicon-carbon batteries, with other Chinese manufacturers following suit. These developments suggested the silicon-carbon tech would come to iPhone, Pixel, and Galaxy phones from Apple, Google, and Samsung next. That hasn't happened yet, but silicon-carbon…