Paper BATTERY invented at Stanford University. Paper+ink+nanotubes=INSTANT BATTERY.

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Scientists have found a whole new use for copier paper. Nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery! These batteries will be 10 times more powerful than LiPos, easier to dispose of, lighter, and cheaper to make!
According to Stanford University researchers, when ordinary office paper coated is coated with an inky layer of carbon nanotubes or nanowires, it will become lightweight, flexible and highly conductive battery or superconductor.
Scientists at Stanford University http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTcQJPbGHw
managed to turn a piece of paper that had been coated with ink made from silver and carbon into what has been called a paper battery. This discovery may open up new doors, when designing future portable devices, like smart phones and rc helicopter/airplane batteries.
The work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to "paintable" energy storage.
Since paper is made up of millions of tiny, interconnected fibers, it is a good candidate to hold on to carbon nanotubes, providing a scaffold on which to build devices.
"Standard copier paper used in our everyday life can be a solution in storing energy in a more efficient and cheap way," Dr Liangbing Hu, lead author on the research, told BBC News.
"The experienced technology developed in the paper industry over a century can be transferred to improve the process and performance of these paper-based devices."
A team of researchers at Stanford University started with off-the-shelf copier paper, painting it with an "ink" made of carbon nanotubes.
The coated paper is then dipped in lithium-containing solutions and an electrolyte to provide the chemical reaction that generates a battery's electric current.


Thanks for watching and let's hope these become available for us soon.
Dave

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[ElroyHarvey]

Very very interesting dave, thnx for the heads up, off to check out the vid now...

[NightFlyyer]

Thanks kindly. It is very interesting.

[Koolass598]

lol, can you recharge paper batteries?

[NightFlyyer]

Like paper capacitors, I understand.

[Daltofrevr]

you can make a paper airplaine and attatch a moter to it

[danshyu]

Paper doesn't always have to be made from trees. Plus you can always recycle them.

[derrazkhalid]

the paper batteries is based on the paper structure that allows (kind of 3D absorption)a networks of carbon nanotubes coated by silicon to penetrat the paper structure and instead of a coating over a plat surface like what is being done right now by the thin film technologies

[happinesson]

Stanord University's optimism leads to great research!

[supplierhq]

I am sure Apple will claim that patent, even it is not invented by them. The original idea of patent is to protect the inventor, unfortunately, it has become a tool for the big companies to steal the invention. It is not about who invent the design, it is about who has the $ and lawyer to fight in court.

Go to us patent website and search a keyword. You will find thousands/millions of similar patents.

[thebigfootme]

that is super! great invention!

[agapitoflores001]

Great invention from Stanford! Amazing.

[MARASALVATRUCHA199]

WATCH OUT CAUSE ILLUMINATI IS COMING FOR YOU

[MaxwellsDaemon]

I assume you mean "super capacitor" and NOT "superconductor" towards the start of the video?

[jcfdillon]

Does anyone have some carbon paper left around from the old days? Used to put carbon paper between two sheets of paper, and type on that, and you'd have a copy of what you typed, typos and all. Well, just put a few alligators on there and get your power from that. Actually there might be some carbon paper around here somewhere. Maybe power the house with a sheet of carbon paper. Wouldn't surprise me, seeing that the entire universe started out as a subatomic particle.

[HomoSapien2012]

where can I get these nanotubes from ?