What is a Paper Battery?

Paper batteries are batteries that use paper as a carrier. Paper batteries are special inks made of silver and carbon nano-materials, coated on paper to make "paper batteries", which brings hope to light and efficient new energy storage.

Paper batteries are batteries made from sheet cellulose. They are named because they are similar to sheet cellulose and paper.

Its manufacturing method is filled with neatly arranged sheets of cellulose

Nanomaterials used for paper batteries are very special. They are one-dimensional structures with extremely small diameters, which help inks made from nanomaterials to adhere tightly to paper, making batteries and supercapacitors extremely durable. 40,000 charge and discharge cycles.

Like traditional batteries, the components of this new battery also include electrodes,

Compared with traditional batteries, this paper battery performs equally well in terms of energy storage and charging cycle life. Experiments have shown that putting carbon nanotube paper into a traditional rechargeable battery can reduce weight by 20%. Yang Peidong, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, believes that this technology can be commercialized in the short term.

Professor Sun Kening of the Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology believes that each battery is specially designed and invented according to different needs. Because different batteries have different characteristics, a certain type of battery cannot be universal, and this new type of paper battery is no exception.

As a new concept battery, the new paper battery has certain application prospects. However, from the perspective of the published paper battery production method, the production cost of carbon nanotubes required for the production of this paper battery is high, and it is not suitable for mass production, so its practicality is also limited. This new type of paper battery can only be positioned as an exploratory research invention. Due to process and other reasons, it cannot replace other widely used batteries, nor can it occupy the market in a short time.

It is an ideal driving device for notebook computers, mobile phones, digital cameras and even automobiles. Because of its high plasticity, this battery can even be made into the shape of a door. There are other unmatched advantages in driving miniature medical devices such as pacemakers. Researchers are working to reduce the cost of paper batteries, hoping that in the future, they will be able to manufacture batteries in large quantities using printing technology, just like printed newspapers. ^[2]