Spray-on lithium-ion batteries could shape the next generation of portable electronics
Gizmag - Sat 30 Jun 12While battery technology has come a long way in recent years, it still places constraints on the size and shape of cellphones and other personal electronic devices. Researchers at Rice University ...
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BBC News - Fri 29 Jun 12Researchers in the US demonstrate the recipe for "paintable" batteries, spraying them onto everything from bathroom tiles to a beer mug.
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Newscientist - Thu 28 Jun 12Five sprayable paints form a lithium-ion battery when layered together, letting you store energy on walls, tiles or even your favourite mug
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Phys.org - Thu 28 Jun 12(Phys.org) -- Researchers at Rice University have developed a lithium-ion battery that can be painted on virtually any surface.
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Extremetech - Thu 5 Jul 12The research team has successfully used this technique to turn objects such as a beer mug, bathroom tiles, and sheets of glass and stainless steel into lithium-ion batteries.
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Geek.com - Wed 4 Jul 12With the massive explosion in the use of mobile devices like laptops and cellphones over the last decade, lithium-ion batteries have garnered a lot of attention. So it?s easy to forget that ...
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Geek.com - Mon 2 Jul 12It?s no secret that battery technology has been hindering progress in mobile devices for years. It seems the capacity of batteries can never keep up with the hardware we want them to power. ...
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Dvice - Fri 29 Jun 12Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a technique to deconstruct each element of the traditional battery into a liquid, which can then be literally spray-painted in layers ...
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Techspot - Fri 29 Jun 12A team of researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a type of paint that can store and deliver electrical power much like a conventional battery. The scientists were able ...
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ZME Science - Fri 29 Jun 12In today’s fast evolving world of tech, miniaturization is crucial. In most portable consumer electronics goods, like smartphones or tablets, the typical lithium-ion battery takes up ...
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Ubergizmo - Fri 29 Jun 12A battery that can be spray painted? That certainly sounds like quite the novel idea, and it has been implemented by researchers over at Rice University, allowing virtually any object ...
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The Verge - Fri 29 Jun 12Researchers at Rice University in Texas have developed a battery which can be painted onto almost any surface. The team began by converting all the components of a lithium-ion ...
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Engadget - Fri 29 Jun 12Liquid solar cells are pretty neat, to be sure, but current-generating paint can be a hard color to match. Good thing, then, that researchers at Rice university have developed the perfect ...
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Discovery.com - Thu 28 Jun 12Layers of carbon nanotubes and ultrafine graphite powder work as painted batteries.
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Electric Spray Paint Could Turn Any Surface Into a Battery
Popular Science - Thu 28 Jun 12Paint-on Battery Rice University Lithium-ion batteries work by stacking active ingredients in layers. In your laptop and phone, the layers are stacked into a block, but a new process could make ...
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Reuters - Thu 28 Jun 12LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the United States have developed a paint that can store and deliver electrical power just like a battery.
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Daily Mail - Thu 28 Jun 12A spray-on battery could revolutionise technology - allowing for slimmer gadgets, and household gizmos with built-in power supplies, say Rice University researchers.
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The Engineer - Fri 29 Jun 12A lithium-ion battery that can be painted onto virtually any surface has been developed at Rice University.
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AZoNano - Fri 29 Jun 12By Will Soutter A paintable lithium-ion battery has been developed at the lab of Pulickel Ajayan, a materials scientist at the Rice University. The study results have been published in Scientific...
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RedOrbit - Fri 29 Jun 12Michael Harper for redOrbit.com ? Your Universe Online Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have put their minds together to create an incredibly thin battery. So small, in fact, ...
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Labspaces.net - Thu 28 Jun 12Researchers at Rice University have developed a lithium-ion battery that can be painted on virtually any surface. Source: Rice University - Discipline: ...
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Paint-on lithium battery can be applied to virtually any surface
ScienceDaily - Thu 28 Jun 12Researchers have developed a paint-on lithium-ion battery that can be applied to virtually any surface. The materials were airbrushed onto ceramic bathroom tiles, flexible polymers, glass, stainless ...
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R&D Mag - Thu 28 Jun 12Researchers at Rice University have developed a lithium-ion battery that can be painted on virtually any surface. The rechargeable battery created in the laboratory of Rice materials scientist ...
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