- Apr 13, 2013
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I know this isn't security related, but it is too cool for words: On viewing the latest winners summaries from this years IDTechEx awards, I came across this little blurb about Jennifer Lewis and her team at Harvard:
“{they have} printed rechargeable 3D Li-ion microbatteries composed of high–aspect ratio anode and cathode micro-arrays that are interdigitated on a sub-millimeter scale, and exhibit amongst the highest area energy and power densities reported to date. These microbatteries occupy volumes less than 1 mm3—equivalent in size to a single grain of sand—and are 1000 times smaller than the smallest commercially available rechargeable batteries. The university is working on developing these batteries for a broad range of autonomous applications, including biomedical devices, micro-UAVs, and distributed sensor arrays (e.g., smart dust).”
(above quote blatantly lifted from here: http://www.idtechex.com/research/ar...ectronics-usa-2013-award-winners-00005996.asp
A good summary of the procedure can be found here:
http://www.technologyreview.com/demo/521956/printing-batteries/
“{they have} printed rechargeable 3D Li-ion microbatteries composed of high–aspect ratio anode and cathode micro-arrays that are interdigitated on a sub-millimeter scale, and exhibit amongst the highest area energy and power densities reported to date. These microbatteries occupy volumes less than 1 mm3—equivalent in size to a single grain of sand—and are 1000 times smaller than the smallest commercially available rechargeable batteries. The university is working on developing these batteries for a broad range of autonomous applications, including biomedical devices, micro-UAVs, and distributed sensor arrays (e.g., smart dust).”
(above quote blatantly lifted from here: http://www.idtechex.com/research/ar...ectronics-usa-2013-award-winners-00005996.asp
A good summary of the procedure can be found here:
http://www.technologyreview.com/demo/521956/printing-batteries/