A Better Battery?

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-022.html">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-022.html</a><br /><br /><i>"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."</i><br /><br />Now this is what really sounded cool about this new technology. <i>"You start thinking about this polymer and you start thinking that you can create batteries everywhere out of it,” Palmore said. “You could wrap cell phones in it or electronic devices. Conceivably, you could even make fabric out of this composite."</i><br /><br />Can you imagine how long your device would last if you were wearing the <a href="http://www.scottevest.com/">Scott-E-Vest</a> battery jacket? :lol:

[JKingGrim]

So how many years until this matures and comes to market? How does the energy density/capacity compare to good ol Li-ion? Obvious advantage though is that IIRC li-ion batteries must be rectangular.

[isajoo]

hummm....what about exploding battery jackets like the laptops... :idea:

dont think airlines will allow this. :roll:

[buckyg]

hummm....what about exploding battery jackets like the laptops... :idea:

dont think airlines will allow this. :roll:

Yeah, after reading about this and thinking, "Cool!", that was my next thought: Due to Security concerns, can't wear a jacket on a plane.