PAPER BATTERY OFFERS POTENTIAL CHEAP SMART APPLICATIONS FOR FOOD AND DRINK PACKAGING
April 2nd, 2020
After 10 years of research, researchers at the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University in Sweden, working with Sweden-based paper packaging manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs, are close to the commercial development of a bio-based paper battery which would serve as a small energy source on paper packages. It could, for instance, power sensors measuring key food and drink qualities, such as temperature, pressure and light.
The prototypes of their paper battery are made of electrodes based on cellulose from wood pulp fibres that can be integrated, like a small ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.