NEC Develops Paper-Thin Battery

5:45 am on December 11, 2005 | Category: Mobile Devices

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Japanese electronics company, NEC announced last week that it had developed a flexible, paper-thin battery, which will soon be available to power a wide range of mobile devices.

The company calls their invention an “Organic Radical Battery,” and has proposed it as a viable power source for smartcards, RFID devices, and “intelligent paper.”

The new battery is just 300 microns thick, and is made out of an organic substance, without any battery acid or harmful metals that could pose a threat to human health or the environment.

There hasn’t yet been any official word on when this technology might be commercialized, but the company does say that additional research and development efforts are currently underway to increase the battery’s performance.

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    1. Holy Cow! That’s really impressive! I would normally expect them to say that they developed a battery with some subtle difference.. This is very different however. Being paper thin it could do some very cool things.

      Comment by Jim — December 12, 2005 #

    2. We are really close now to have flexible devices. I have seen the other day that a company developped a flexible TFT ,now a battery. What is it going to be tomorrow? In a 2 years we will see flexible devices similar to pda or phones for sure…Fantastic!!

      Comment by Bordetas — December 12, 2005 #

    3. We have a product offering that could utilize this technology for RFID today.

      Comment by Mike B — December 12, 2005 #

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