Konarka Technologies, Inc have demonstrated new light-activated Power Plastic Sun Battery, that is flexible, lightweight, lower in cost and much more versatile in application than traditional silicon-based solar cells.
These new materials are made from conducting polymers and nano-engineered materials that can be coated or printed onto a surface in a process similar to how photographic film is made.
Batteries can be useed with devices, systems and structures to have their own low-cost embedded sources of renewable power. By combining energy generation and power consumption within the same device, the battery is truly wireless applications.
