An engineer has found a cheap and efficient production of light paper-based batteries and super capacitors, as well as extension and conductive textiles method, called “e-textiles (eTextiles)”, the textile can store energy, while preserving the of paper or fabric mechanical properties,
Batteries and super capacitors store energy by electrostatic, not chemical methods.
Yi Cui of Stanford University engineers will be plain paper or fabric soaked in a special nano-particles into the ink to develop e-textiles.
Cui-led teams, and even for their invention envisages a number of functional purposes. May one day save the future of home energy use wallpaper. Gadget lovers can connect the gadget at any time to their T-shirts, to the portable gadget charging devices. Energy textiles can also be used to produce mobile display apparel, production and response capabilities with high-performance sports apparel as well as a wear-resistant ability of heavily armed soldiers.
The development of these high-tech products is the main component of the human eye can not see the nano-structures, nano-structures can be assembled, so that they have the conductive features, the structure of this assembly has the potential to market some of the power storage devices provide solutions for problems encountered.
Cui team experimental device used in the nano-particle type of the expected functions based on product change - Lithium cobalt oxide is a compound commonly used in batteries, while the single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is used for super-capacitors.
Cui said: “Energy storage is a very old area of research, super capacitors, batteries - these are old things. How to truly make a revolutionary impact in this area? This requires a lot of different ways of thinking.”
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