The paper battery achieves an open circuit voltage of 1.8 volts, a 1.0-volt current density of 100 mA/cm², and a maximum output of 103 milliwatts/cm². The battery is eco-friendly, using carbon ...

Discarded electronics are piling up fast, pushing researchers to explore creative ways to reduce this e-waste. Now one team has crafted a water-activated disposable battery made of paper and other ...

We’ve made batteries out of all sorts of materials, from lithium, to nickel, to lead. But one startup featured at CES this week has produced a battery made of paper, believe it or not. Flint’s paper ...

It may not come as a surprise to Apple fanatics or PlayStation devotees who scramble for the latest gadget, but electronics now make up the fastest growing kind of waste in the world. To help reduce ...

A thin-film printed battery, designed for one-time use after activation by a few drops of water, has minimal environmental impact when it is exhausted. The need for single-use, low-capacity batteries.

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at Empa developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use ...

(Nanowerk News) Drawing inspiration from the way plants breathe, a group of researchers at Tohoku University has created a paper-based magnesium-air battery that can be used in GPS sensors or pulse ...