Algae Being Used For Making Ultra-Thin Batteries
30 November 2009 | Green Technology | 2 Comments
Algae come in great variety and are one of the most abundant life forms on the planet, so it would be very unpractical, not to find a use for them, even in today’s technologized world. But people have acknowledged the great potential of this organism, and after trying to develop a algae-based biofuel or building solar cells out of single-celled algae its time for the algaes to get involved in creating biodegradable batteries.
Printable Thin Batteries To Be Available In 2010
11 August 2009 | Green Technology | No Comments
Could anyone have imagined that the world come from using big, bulky alkaline batteries to only paper-thin ones ? Well, that is just what researches, from the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS), led by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Baumann and with the help from TU Chemnitz and Menippos GmbH, promise.