The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed an ultra-thin, flexible batter and energy storage device for next-generation electronics and implantable medical equipment.
The battery produces electricity like its predecessor, the lithium-ion battery which powers todays gadgets.
However, all the components are in a lightweight, flexible sheet of paper.
A device just big enough to be held between the thumb and
forefinger can produce 2.5 volts, enough to run a fan, illuminate a light.
The pieces of paper can be stacked one sheet on top of another to boost output says a prof a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York...10 sheets, up to 500 is possible...even more.
With this paper thin battery, it becomes possible to shrink electronic devices even more.
Tiny carbon filaments or nanotubes are used as the electrodes, ionic solution is the electrolyte. Cellulose or paper is the separator.
It looks like, feels like and weighs the same as paper.
It can function in a range of 100 below zero to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. It can charge almost instantaneously and work as a battery or supercapacitor.
Laptops, cellphones, digital cameras, automobiles, aircraft, boats....
The paper battery can also be molded into different shapes making its uses limitless.
Won't it be fun to see what the engineering world can do with this new toy?
Ideas?
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