Batteries of paper with nanotubes and nanowires

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Battery made of paper charges up

Batteries made from plain copier paper could make for future energy storage that is truly paper thin.

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Paper battery said to outperform lithium ion

PORTLAND, Ore. — A paper battery based on carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires could store an electric charge in a mobile device. Researchers also claim the new battery is disposable and that its shape could conform to the shape of different devices.

Bing Hu, a Stanford Univeristy post-doctoral fellow, applies special ink to ordinary paper, depositing nanotubes on the surface that can then be charged to create a battery.

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At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery

Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Stanford researcher Yi Cui sees many uses for this new way of storing electricity.

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Nanomaterials Science and Engineering

7th of December 2009
Liangbing's paper on conductive paper battery and supercap was published in PNAS, and has been highlighted in the press, including in New York Times, Technology Review, Stanford Report, EE Times, and Scientific American.

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1. BBC News - Battery made of paper charges up
2. EETimes.com - Paper battery said to outperform lithium ion
3. Stanford University
4. At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery
5. Yi Cui Group
6. YouTube - Nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery

Related:

1. Highly conductive paper for energy-storage devices — PNAS
2. Paper batteries no longer an idea of the future - International Business Times -
3. At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)
4. Paper Battery Shows Promise for Grid, Vehicle Energy Storage - NYTimes.com
5. Technology Review: Batteries Made from Regular Paper
6. Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery (12/13/2009)