Batteries used in consumer electronics could get a facelift if Stanford researchers get their transparent battery commercialized.

1. July 27, 2011
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Transparent iPhone Is Not A Dream,
Stanford researchers invent transparent li-
ion battery
Transparent iPhone Is Not A Dream, Stanford Cui devised a mesh-like framework for the battery
researchers invent transparent li-ion battery electrodes, with each ‘line’ in the grid being approxi-
mately 35 microns wide. Light passes through the
transparent gaps between the gridlines; because the
individual lines are so thin, the entire meshwork
area appears transparent.”
B
atteries used in consumer electronics could
get a facelift if Stanford researchers get their (Picture) Stanford graduate student Yuan Yang holds
transparent battery commercialized. a transparent battery.
Like the idea of a fully transparent cell phone, e- Yang details the research in the July 25 edition of the
reader, or other device? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The cost of developing a clear battery apparently
Stanford University graduate student Yuan Yang has isn’t very complicated, especially since visible items
come up with a way to make a see-through lithium like copper and aluminum can’t be used.
ion battery, and it could pave the way for comple-
tely see-through flexible electronics (some partial- To solve this issue, the researchers evaporated a me-
ly transparent gadgets already exist). Developed tal film over micron-size trenches of polydimethyl-
in conjunction with Yi Cui, a professor of photon siloxane (a compound found in silicone that’s used
science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in plastic surgery and contact lenses). Several other
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the battery would cost nearly the same as a regular substances were included in the mix to create the
battery if produced on a mass scale, the creators say. nearly invisible battery, including some really fancy
well-positioned electrolytes.
So how does one make a see-through power
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2. July 27, 2011
batteryfast.co.uk
Transparent iPhone Is Not A Dream, Stanford researchers invent transparent li-
ion battery
What’s truly fascinating about this research is Why Apple may be vulnerable and alone in mobile
that the materials in the battery are very flexible,
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