Paper-Thin Flexible Battery That Can Stretch
Mar 18, 2013
Yonggang Huang, Joseph Cummings Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and Professor John Roger of the University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne demonstrated their latest innovation in CBS News. The flexible and paper-thin battery was used to power a commercial light-emitting diode (LED). The flexible battery remains functional even when stretched 300% of its original size and can be recharged wirelessly.