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A research team from Korean Advanced Institute of Science And Technology (KAIST), led by Professor Jeon Seok Woo, has developed a rechargeable battery that can is flexible and elastic.
The battery was developed by injecting, and subsequently removing, elastomeric material into a three-dimensional non-porous structure.
“The pores were infiltrated with liquid conductive material, which yielded a super elastic flexible electrode,” the team revealed in a statement
The fabricated electrode could sustain consistent voltage output levels when bending and unbending.
According to the team, the elastic battery was able to “light LED lamps in a 200% stretched state without decrease in electrical conductivity”.
Along with already-invented flexible displays, could this be opening doors for future flexible smartphones, e-readers and the likes?
[via KAIST]
A research team from Korean Advanced Institute of Science And Technology (KAIST), led by Professor Jeon Seok Woo, has developed a rechargeable battery that can is flexible and elastic.
The battery was developed by injecting, and subsequently removing, elastomeric material into a three-dimensional non-porous structure.
“The pores were infiltrated with liquid conductive material, which yielded a super elastic flexible electrode,” the team revealed in a statement
The fabricated electrode could sustain consistent voltage output levels when bending and unbending.
According to the team, the elastic battery was able to “light LED lamps in a 200% stretched state without decrease in electrical conductivity”.
Along with already-invented flexible displays, could this be opening doors for future flexible smartphones, e-readers and the likes?
[via KAIST]