Brown University Researchers Create Paper Thin Battery

[Jules]

Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164540/university-researchers

Researchers at Brown University in the US have created a prototype rechargeable battery that is as thin as a plastic transparency and as powerful as 100 alkaline batteries.

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One problem at this stage is that the battery tends to lose capacity with repeated charges. But if this can be overcome, the possible applications are numerous.
Just like every other form of rechargeable battery…

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Why am I seeing people just snapping it in half? :think:

[1337]

Hahaha, this is old news to me. I did a course a while ago, and I saw the teacher at a family function at the start of this year. He showed me this, I just thought nothing of it at the time. But yeah, very cool thing.