Yi Cui and fellow scientists at Stanford University have developed a highly conductive storage device out of a sheet of paper which is coated in ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires. By soaking ordinary paper into this specially made nanotube ink, scientists have managed to create low-cost battery or supercapacitor which is extremely light, durable, bendable and very flexible.
The nonmaterials used in the ink are one-dimensional with very small diameter. The small diameter makes these materials to stick to paper for long, letting the supercapacitor last for about 40,000 charges and discharges, in process making the battery and supercapacitor extremely durable and long lasting.
The capacitors like batteries can hold electric charge but for a very small period. But the paper supercapacitor’s attributes of high surface-to-volume and quick transfer of electricity could see it with applicable values for hybrid and electric automobiles or in distribution grids where large-scale storage of electricity is required. The research has potential applications, thus we believe it wouldn’t be long before we see it being commercialized, until then you could just check the video below.
Via: Gizmag
