bendable battery
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- February 19, 2013
Technology advances have created smaller, lighter electronic devices that make many areas of life highly convenient. However, powering these devices has been somewhat problematic because the liquefied electrolytes in standard batteries require hard casings. Current battery technology is inflexible, and its vulnerability to high heat includes the possibility of hazardous leaks or explosions.
A safer power source could soon become available in bendable batteries that use nanotechnology to fuse electrolytes to various flexible materials. Researchers around the world are developing these groundbreaking devices, which have the potential to change the entire electronics industry.
Paper Batteries
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York created a flexible battery using ultrafine carbon nanotubes fused to paper. Components are integrated on a molecular level, meaning that cutting the finished battery into various shapes, along with folding, rolling or twisting it,
