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Nov 10th 2013, 19:30, by Lucas Mearian, Computerworld
Researchers have built a flexible battery out of carbon nanotubes that could power electronic devices with flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, such as televisions and computer tablets that literally fold or roll up.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers were able to use standard electrochemicals to produce the charge in a flexible form factor that has no size limits.
"This battery can be made as small as a pinhead or as large as a carpet in your living room," said Somenath Mitra, a professor of chemistry and environmental science whose research group invented the battery. "So its applications are endless. You can place a rolled-up battery in the trunk of your electric car and have it power the vehicle."
NJITNJIT's flexible battery powering LED lights.
The flexible battery, Mitra said, has another revolutionary potential: it could be fabricated at home by consumers using only a kit comprised of electrode paste and a laminating machine.
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