see-through flexible batteries...aah wha?

[zeropointbug]

These look super cool, it would be great for RC as you can flex then around stuff, and they charge in 1 minute too. Probably very high power as well.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7018/

[BrianG]

Wow, that's cool! And ultra-fast charge and high dicharge rates to boot!

Ahh man, just when I was thinking the A123s were it.

[BrianG]

I don't think you have much to worry about for a while. Like any new process, it will most likely be initially expensive. Notice they didn't specify a price.

However, how cool would it be to use this as the inside layer on a car windshield/windows? No need for a car battery. Although replacing them would be a PITA. Imagine hooking jumpercables to your windows, lol.

Seriously, transparency aside, I can see these being used fairly soon in portable devices like cell phones, PDAs, handheld game consoles, etc since they are very thin. Imagine a 10s pack only a few mm thick. :)

Also, I didn't see anything that specifies the cell voltage...

[zeropointbug]

Yeah!

No production yet though, probably not for 2+ years at least, batteries take a while to start up production (for a new company), especially when it's a new chemistry, and requires new fabrication. I never saw cell voltage or energy density either.

There is another Prof. from MIT that has a flexible polymer battery that is safe and is 350Wh/kg density, plus claims would be dirt cheap.

Can't wait though!

[jhautz]

Wow! Can you imagine that your body is your battery!!! How cool would that be....