Brown Engineers Build a Better Battery – With Plastic

[Evan G]

[center]It’s thin, light, flexible – and plastic. Brown University engineers Hyun-Kon Song
and Tayhas Palmore have created a prototype polymer-based battery that packs
more power than a standard alkaline battery and more storage capacity than a
double-layered capacitor. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, will be
of interest to the energy, defense and aerospace industries, which are looking at
more efficient ways to deliver electricity.[/center]

[center]:exploring: [/center]

September 13, 2006
Wendy Lawton @ Brown University

[quote]PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University engineers have created a new battery that uses plastic, not metal, to conduct electrical current. The hybrid device marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery.

A description of the prototype is published in Advanced Materials.

“Batteries have limits,â€

[cob]

wow.............