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PAPER BATTERY
generation gadgets. A paper battery is a
flexible, ultra-thin energy storage and
ABSTRACT
production device formed by combining
The Batteries form a significant
carbon nanotubes with a conventional
part of many electronic devices. Typical
sheet of cellulose-based paper. A paper
electrochemical batteries or cells convert
battery acts as both a high-energy battery
chemical energy into electrical energy.
and super capacitor, combining two
Batteries based on the charging ability
components that are separate in
are classified into primary and secondary
traditional electronics. This combination
cells. Secondary cells are widely used
allows the battery to provide both long-
because of their rechargeable nature.
term, steady power production and bursts
Presently, battery takes up a huge of energy. Non-toxic, flexible paper
amount of space and contributes to a batteries have the potential to power the
large part of the device's weight. There is next generation of electronics, medical
strong recent interest in ultrathin, devices and hybrid vehicles, allowing for
flexible, safe energy storage devices to radical new designs and medical
meet the various design and power needs technologies.
of modern gadgets. New research
The various types of batteries
suggests that carbon nanotubes may
followed by the operation principle,
eventually provide the best hope of
manufacturing and working of paper
implementing the flexible batteries
batteries are discussed in detail.
which can shrink our gadgets even more.
Keywords: paper batteries, flexible,
The paper batteries could meet
carbon nanotubes
the energy demands of the next
1. INTRODUCTION TO batteries have become a common power
BATTERIES source for many household and
industrial applications.
An electrical battery is one or
more electrochemical cells that convert Batteries are
stored chemical energy into electrical represented
energy. Since the invention of the first
battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta,
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cells. Common types of disposable without a charger USB Cell is the brand
of NiMH rechargeable battery produced
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by a company called Moixa Energy. The although some batteries can be damaged
batteries include a USB connector to by freezing. High or low temperatures
allow recharging using a powered USB may reduce battery performance. This
port. The product range currently will affect the initial voltage of the
available is limited to a 1300 mAh. battery. For an AA alkaline battery this
initial voltage is approximately normally
distributed around 1.6 volts.
of the side reactions is reduced if the Many battery chemicals are corrosive,
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4. FABRICATION OF PAPER
BATTERY
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5. WORKING OF PAPER
BATTERY
The paper battery may replace The paper battery can be molded
conventional batteries to take the shape of large objects,
completely: like a car door:
As stated earlier, the key characteristics
By layering sheets of this paper, the
that make the paper battery very
battery's voltage and current can be
appealing are that it can be transformed
increased that many times. Since the
into any shape or size, it can be cut
main components of the paper battery
multiple times without damaging it, and
are carbon nanotubes and cellulose, the
it can be fueled through various ways
body structure of the battery is very thin,
besides the typical harmful battery acid
"paper-thin". Thus to maximize even
that is used in the current day battery.
more power, the sheets of battery paper
can be stacked on top of one another to 7. LIMITATIONS
give off tremendous power. This can
• Presently, the devices are only a
allow the battery to have a much higher
few inches across and they have to be
amount of power for the same size of
scaled up to sheets of newspaper size to
storage as a current battery and also be
make it commercially viable.
environmentally friendly at the same
time. • Carbon nanotubes are very
expensive, and batteries with large
Supply power to an implanted
enough power are unlikely to be cost
pacemaker in the human body by
effective.
using the electrolytes in human
blood: • Cutting of trees leading to
destroying of the nature.
An improvement in the techniques
used in the health field can be aided by 8. APPLICATIONS
the paper battery. Experiments have
taken place showing that batteries can be Pace makers in heart (uses blood
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Powered smart cards RF id tags allow for simply painting the nanotube
ink and active materials onto surfaces
such as walls. These surfaces can
produce energy.
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9. CONCLUSION
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to it. The life of a battery is an important IN
parameter which decides the area of
application of the battery. Increased use
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