<p>You may soon be able to fold your mobile handset in half or keep it rolled up in your pocket, as scientists have now invented a battery that can be folded.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a flexible battery that can be bent and twisted - giving the possibility that phones of the future could be flexible and hold more capacity, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The batteries that power devices have not increased much in capacity through the years, and they are also inflexible in shape – meaning so many phones keep the same basic rectangle shape.<br /><br />The team, led by Professor Keon Jae Lee has developed what they call the ‘high-performance flexible all-solid-state battery’, which is stable enough to power our phones while still remaining stable.<br /><br />This opens up the possibility that phones - and other devices such as tablets or e-book readers - could be folded in half or rolled up for easy storage in your pocket.<br /><br />“The technological advance of thin and light flexible display has encouraged the development of flexible batteries with a high power density and thermal stability,” the KAIST team said.<br /><br />“Although rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have been regarded as a strong candidate for a high-performance flexible energy source, compliant electrodes for bendable LIBs are restricted to only a few materials, such as organic materials or micro-structured inorganic materials mixed with polymer binders,” the researchers were quoted as saying by the paper.<br /><br />However, until now, the performance of LIBs has not been sufficient either, thereby difficult to apply to flexible consumer electronics including rollable displays.<br /><br />The team has developed a high performance flexible LIB structured with high density inorganic thin films. <br /></p>
<p>You may soon be able to fold your mobile handset in half or keep it rolled up in your pocket, as scientists have now invented a battery that can be folded.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a flexible battery that can be bent and twisted - giving the possibility that phones of the future could be flexible and hold more capacity, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The batteries that power devices have not increased much in capacity through the years, and they are also inflexible in shape – meaning so many phones keep the same basic rectangle shape.<br /><br />The team, led by Professor Keon Jae Lee has developed what they call the ‘high-performance flexible all-solid-state battery’, which is stable enough to power our phones while still remaining stable.<br /><br />This opens up the possibility that phones - and other devices such as tablets or e-book readers - could be folded in half or rolled up for easy storage in your pocket.<br /><br />“The technological advance of thin and light flexible display has encouraged the development of flexible batteries with a high power density and thermal stability,” the KAIST team said.<br /><br />“Although rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have been regarded as a strong candidate for a high-performance flexible energy source, compliant electrodes for bendable LIBs are restricted to only a few materials, such as organic materials or micro-structured inorganic materials mixed with polymer binders,” the researchers were quoted as saying by the paper.<br /><br />However, until now, the performance of LIBs has not been sufficient either, thereby difficult to apply to flexible consumer electronics including rollable displays.<br /><br />The team has developed a high performance flexible LIB structured with high density inorganic thin films. <br /></p>