Storing Electricity In Paper Researchers at Linköping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics,

Sweden, have developed a paper that can actually hold electricity and

suspend it later on.

The papers’ structural foundation consists of nanocellulose and a conductive

polymer. Nanocellulose is made of

cellulose fibers which under high

pressure divide themselves into fibers

which with a 20nm diameter.

Later on, a electrically charged

polymer (PEDOT: PSS) will be

submerged into the fibers. The

solution then forms a coating around

the fibers.

The paper could revolutionize the way we use energy because a single piece

of that paper can store up to 1F of electricity and can get charged up in less

than a second.

These thin layers are also quite stable as experiments proved. The researches

even build a swan made of these so called “power papers”. The Knut and Alice

Wallenberg Foundation finances the project since 2012.

Just several months ago, they (KTH, Acreo and Innventia) received together 34

million from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research in order to do further

research in this field. The researchers’ goal is now to find a way to produce the

power paper on a massive scale.

Power Paper Photo: Thor Balkhed