printable battery rolls off the presses - lithium ion polymer battery
Will KnightA new low-
Power batteries that do not require a shell, are thin enough and can be printed on paper will be unveiled in the store soon.
The power supply relies on the production of an undisclosed chemical mixture of 20 mA-
The terminal voltage is 1 hour.
Print 5 volts per square centimeter.
The battery material is roughly 0.
5mm thick, if the quality-
According to Israel, it takes only a few cents per square inch of production
Based on the company power paper.
The new battery consists of three different layers.
It has the traditional zinc manganese
Carbon dioxide composition of anode and cathode.
The chemical power supply of the battery is sandwiched in the middle, still a secret of tight protection.
Paper power claims that the material is nottoxic and non-
Corrosive, making the battery safe to use without the housing.
"We call it our coca.
Zohar Saji, general manager of Power Paper, said.
"Technically it will work like any other battery, but you can cut the battery into any size and shape for your product.
"The battery will first be used to power the flash and jingle sound on new cards and other promotional products.
The company's Hong Kong subsidiary is currently producing the first novelty products, including greeting cards and mouse pads.
Sagi believes that the final battery will be used to power electronic components built into smart labels and credit cards, enabling these small devices to store, display and transmit data.
This battery can also be used in the healthcare sector to power small medical diagnostic devices and even drug delivery patches.
A German healthcare company called KSW Microtech is already using batteries to monitor the temperature of the blood supply.
The company installed a small chip with a thermometer on the side of each blood bag, which wirelessly transmitted the blood bag temperature history to a nearby computer.
John Owen of the Advanced Materials Center at the University of St Andrews said that batteries may also be useful to electronics manufacturers who can integrate power supplies into integrated circuits.
Although the identity of the chemical power supply has not yet been revealed, Saad Khan, a chemistry researcher at North Carolina State University, said there are some research groups working on polymer battery materials.
But none of this, he says, can be described as completely No. toxic.