The creation of the battery was the result of many years of research at the Department of Micro- and Nanoelectronics of the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”. The device is a multilayer structure on a polypropylene substrate, the size of which can be compared to a matchbox.
The energy cell’s electrodes are made of carbon nanotubes coated with inkjet-printed cyanobacteria, the battery is protected by ordinary plastic wrap, and many of these cells are capable of powering an LED bulb.
The research was carried out in cooperation with the Resource Center “Cultivation of Microorganisms” of St. Petersburg State University. According to one of the authors of the development, Sofia Zenkova, this technology can become the basis of the “green” energy of the future, suitable for both appliances and industrial equipment.
Source: Ferra
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