Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Paper Thin Batteries Made from Algae

Chelsea Jobe

November 24th, 2009

11:48pm


This article is basically an advancement of the previous article that I wrote about algae as a source for energy. There is a newboidegradable battery made from cellulose the stuff paper is made with. This new technology will be very useful as it ios very lightweight, thin, flexible and most important inexpensive and environmentally freindly. These are also non-metal parts that will be biodegradable. No more batteries in the trash causing problems and not decomposing. Another promising material for these new batteries are conducting polymers that can have an electric curent run through them. Until recent technology was invented these ideas woulod not be possible because the charge of the battery would fade over time. A green algae named Cladophora makes this now possible to have these ideas come to life. The algae is actually not even a plant that people like or is in shortage so we have a lot of it to work with too, and it's easy and fast to grow.
Inventions like this make me wonder what klind of world we can be living in within the next ten to twenty years. This advancement will make many technological ideas possible. This will also make them cheaper and easier to obtain. I'm also sure that in short time we will be able to find a way to have batteries that will outlast our life time. That would be amazing. The fact that this invention is cheap and easy to make is incredible and will do much for the even greater advancement of technology.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34149776/ns/technology_and_science-future_of_energy/

1 comment:

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I am very eager to see all the different implementations of these amazing algae batteries. They will help electric cars achieve longer charges and charge at faster rates. They will also be great for solving the numerous laptop battery problems that plague all users.

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