Rechargeable paper battery is cheaper, safer & as powerful as lithium A battery that's safer and cheaper than lithium-ion while offering comparable energy density? That sounds like a pipe dream.

This startup just won an award at CES for its paper-based battery. We’ve made batteries out of all sorts of materials, from lithium, to nickel, to lead. But one startup featured at CES this week ...

It's no accident that the battery resembles a piece of paper. Cellulose - the same plant cells used in news print, photocopier paper and books - makes up more than 90 percent of the device.

The magnesium-air battery (Mg-air) from Tohoku University is innovative, however. The researchers made it out of paper, first of all, and it runs on water. In a fascinating new study, researchers ...

After solidification and removal of the excess liquid, the composite film is peeled from the substrate and can be used as a supercapacitor or as a component in a battery. The composite paper ...

In this particular video, he recreates a method found by researchers to turn a piece of paper into a battery with equivalent performance to a AA-sized alkaline battery. (Video, embedded below the ...