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Sweden’s Digital Cellulose Center is Developing Paper Supercapacitors

Potential applications include energy storage for buildings, IoT and wearable electronics.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Printed electronics have been suggested for a wide range of applications. Perhaps one of the most interesting and innovative possibilities is a paper supercapacitor, capable of storing and releasing energy. The capacitor would be both thin and flexible, and ideal for applications ranging from the IoT to building walls. The Digital Cellulose Center (DCC), a competence center coordinated by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, has already developed prototypes. The competence center is run by RIS...

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