European researchers developed a flexible polymere battery integrated to an organic solar cell as thin as film. It is supposed to seve on the production of solar batteries, ultrathin and ultralight, for electronic devices of average consumption, such as mobile phones, mp3 players, etc.
The battery may charge by itself when exposed to light, either sunlight or artificial light, which means those devices using them would not need a wall charger connected to the electrical current.
If you stop an think, there are may devices that may use that battery, cush as remote controls, mobiles, mp3 players, palmtops, watches etc. That battery would never be dead becuase it ould be charge anytime. Hand electronic gadgets are still thick because of those batteries, that problem is solved now, this battery is superthin, less than a milimeter, and extremely light, 2 grams.
Developers said in the paper published by Solar Energy: “This device is designed to be charged always with the correct voltage, no matter the intensity of the sunlight that reaches the cell” They told.
The solar cell used in the prototype was developed by Konarka Technologies. It is based in a miture of polymeres conductors of electricity. This is a cell similar to the one we´ve already mentioned in this blog, the one that may be sliced and produce in any form. It has a very low cost and a potencially high production volume.
According to what researchers said, this battery is going to be available next year. It seems like there is little time before every other solar energy based invent arrives to our normal life.
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