Paper battery may power electronics in clothing and packaging material

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 02:28 in Physics & Chemistry

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like 'Happy Birthday' or 'Happy Holidays,' thanks to a built in battery - an amazing battery made out of paper. That's one potential application of a new battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper, being described in the 14 October issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly journal...

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