Drs Hiroyuki Nishide, Hiroaki Konishi and Takeo Suga at Waseda University Japan have developed a polymer-based rechargeable battery which consists of a redox-active organic polymer film around 200 nanometres thick. It gives an extremely high power rate performance. The battery requires only one minute to fully charge the battery, and provides a long cycle life that often exceeds 1,000 cycles.
Dr Nishide said: “This has been a challenging step, since most crosslinking reactions are sensitive to the nitroxide radical.†Professor Peter Skabara, an expert in electroactive materials at the University of Strathclyde, praised the high stability and fabrication strategy of the polymer-based battery. “The plastic battery plays a part in ensuring that organic device technologies can function in thin film and flexible form as a complete package.†The news is reported in the latest edition of The Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Communications.
Via Gizmag
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