{"id":55677,"date":"2018-08-15T06:55:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T04:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biofuelsdigest.com%2Fbdigest%2F2018%2F08%2F11%2Fpaper-battery-paves-the-way-for-energy-storage-in-packaging%2F"},"modified":"2018-08-12T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T14:49:05","slug":"swedish-research-breaks-new-ground-closer-to-a-commercial-paper-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/swedish-research-breaks-new-ground-closer-to-a-commercial-paper-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish research breaks new ground \u2013 closer to a commercial paper battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

BillerudKorsn\u00e4s and researchers at Uppsala University have together taken an important step towards the future\u2019s paper batteries. Together they have taken basic research based on pure cellulose from algae and developed it to work with the same type of fibre that BillerudKorsn\u00e4s usually uses to manufacture packaging material. This development opens up for both inexpensive and eco-friendly batteries.\u00a0The long-term aim is to enable large-scale production and the future use of paper batteries for applications in areas such as smart packaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technology for large-scale production processes<\/h3>\n

\"20180712-en-2991981-1\"The development work is being carried out by one of Sweden\u2019s foremost research teams under Maria Str\u00f6mme, collaborating with BillerudKorsn\u00e4s, as a leading company in the development of sustainable packaging technology, in a completely new form.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s special in this case is the model for collaboration between BillerudKorsn\u00e4s and Uppsala University that has resulted in technology adapted to large-scale production processes. We\u2019re combining the deep theoretical expertise of the researchers with our understanding of innovation and production technology. By successfully creating a joint platform, we can focus our work on the future, on creating an advanced product that can still be produced in an effective way,\u201d says Lars Sandberg, project manager for innovation at BillerudKorsn\u00e4s.<\/p>\n

Smart, connected packaging<\/h3>\n

In the long term, the paper battery opens up possibilities for developing packaging that is both smart and more sustainable. Small paper batteries with sensors can in the future open up for packaging that can be traced through the entire transport chain. This includes, for example, packaging that measures temperature or position in real time and provides information on what is happening with an item during transport.<\/p>\n

A paper battery entails many new ways of using packaging and can thus offer exciting opportunities for the packaging industry and BillerudKorsn\u00e4s customers that wish to establish systems that safeguard quality and delivery reliability. For example, a light sensor along with a BillerudKorsn\u00e4s paper battery could provide information on where in the transport chain a product disappeared from its packaging.<\/p>\n

With electrodes based on cellulose from wood fibre, the ambition is that in the future, it will be possible to recycle batteries along with their boxes and make them into new boxes or paper batteries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe paper battery is a key piece of the puzzle in efforts to produce smart packaging that requires small, sustainable power sources. By enabling this type of sustainable packaging, the work on the paper battery is fully in line with BillerudKorsn\u00e4s\u2019 vision of challenging conventional packaging for a sustainable future. Storing energy in paper instead of in lithium batteries, for example, allows for bio-based batteries that can form part of a circular system, which provides major sustainability benefits,\u201d says Magnus Wikstr\u00f6m, technical director at BillerudKorsn\u00e4s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BillerudKorsn\u00e4s and researchers at Uppsala University have together taken an important step towards the future\u2019s paper batteries. Together they have taken basic research based on pure cellulose from algae and developed it to work with the same type of fibre that BillerudKorsn\u00e4s usually uses to manufacture packaging material. This development opens up for both inexpensive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[14796,13222],"supplier":[13745,8832],"class_list":["post-55677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-batteries","tag-paper","supplier-billerudkorsnaes","supplier-uppsala-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55677"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=55677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}