‘Power paper’ stores electricity and recharges in seconds

A six-inch piece of power paper of about a tenth of an inch thick can store 1F (farad), a similar capacity to <a href="inhabitat.com/tag/supercapacitor/" target="_blank">supercapacitors</a> now on the market. It can also recharge in seconds and be charged hundreds of times.

Power paper is also lightweight, waterproof and can be produced in thick sheets. It requires none of the heavy metals or toxic materials that are found in many traditional batteries and capacitors.