Bending or twisting the paper battery does not interrupt the power supply. — NTU/The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE: Local scientists have invented a cheap, rechargeable and fully biodegradable paper battery that can someday be used to power wearables of the future.
This battery is made by screen printing an ink layer of manganese on one side of a sheet of strengthened paper, and a layer of zinc and conductive carbon on the other.
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Bending or twisting the paper battery does not interrupt the power supply. — NTU/The Straits Times/ANN
The paper batteries are made up of electrodes screen-printed on to both sides of a piece of cellulose paper reinforced with hydrogel. — NTU/The Straits Times/ANN
The scientists from NTU who developed the batteries are (from left) Dr Li Jia, Assistant Professor Lee Seok Woo, Professor Fan Hongjin and Dr Yang Peihua. — NTU/The Straits Times/ANN
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