Tuesday, September 19, 2006
A Better Battery?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-022.html
"It’s thin, light, flexible – and plastic. Brown University engineers Hyun-Kon Song and Tayhas Palmore have created a prototype polymer-based battery that packs more power than a standard alkaline battery and more storage capacity than a double-layered capacitor. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, will be of interest to the energy, defense and aerospace industries, which are looking at more efficient ways to deliver electricity."
Now this is what really sounded cool about this new technology. "You start thinking about this polymer and you start thinking that you can create batteries everywhere out of it,” Palmore said. “You could wrap cell phones in it or electronic devices. Conceivably, you could even make fabric out of this composite."
Can you imagine how long your device would last if you were wearing the Scott-E-Vest battery jacket? :lol:
"It’s thin, light, flexible – and plastic. Brown University engineers Hyun-Kon Song and Tayhas Palmore have created a prototype polymer-based battery that packs more power than a standard alkaline battery and more storage capacity than a double-layered capacitor. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, will be of interest to the energy, defense and aerospace industries, which are looking at more efficient ways to deliver electricity."
Now this is what really sounded cool about this new technology. "You start thinking about this polymer and you start thinking that you can create batteries everywhere out of it,” Palmore said. “You could wrap cell phones in it or electronic devices. Conceivably, you could even make fabric out of this composite."
Can you imagine how long your device would last if you were wearing the Scott-E-Vest battery jacket? :lol:
