Superelastic lithium ion battery stretched by 600% is very promising for future wearable technologies

06/12/2014 - 00:00

By Jennifer Newton -

Lithium ion batteries that can be stretched by 600% have been unveiled by scientists in China. In the future, the fibre shaped batteries could be woven into textiles to satisfy the ever-growing requirement for wearable devices.

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Y Zhang et al, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01878h