Tiny supercapacitor batteries made from simple copier paper painted with ink containing carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires may just be the way of a sustainable future. Stanford University researchers are using nanotechnology to create lightweight, flexible paper batteries that are expected to be lighter than existing lithium batteries, can be formed into many shapes and also have a 40,000 charge/discharge cycle.
The supecapacitors can be charged very quickly and will be increasingly used in the renewable storage systems of the suture, such as plug-in and electric vehicles, and distributed energy storage systems.
“Simply coating a sheet of paper with ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires makes a highly conductive storage device, said Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering in a Stanford University News interview.
Via: Stanford News
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