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Paper-based devices for energy applications

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  • Sharifi, Farrokh
  • Ghobadian, Sasan
  • Cavalcanti, Flavia R.
  • Hashemi, Nastaran

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Paper-based analytical devices are lightweight, inexpensively produced, effective, and easily disposable; allowing for their suitable implementation in resource-limited areas. They allow effective handling of quantitative analysis in a diverse range of areas, from standard healthcare and environmental monitoring to water quality monitoring. Nonetheless, such devices often require an energy source for their complex assays or readings, preventing their effective use. Most commonly, conventional batteries are integrated into the device to serve as an energy source. However, considering its non-environmentally friendly approach to energy generation and its difficulty of being effectively disposed, a search for a new power source has begun. In light of the newly found potential of cellulose-based entities in the energy field, attention has been drawn towards a supposedly unlikely material: paper. Considering the potentials of such technology, this manuscript aims to describe the benefits of current and future technologies of paper-based devices in the energy sector. Here, we discuss the role of paper as a main platform or part of energy storage and conversion devices such as fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and alkaline batteries thoroughly.

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  • Sharifi, Farrokh & Ghobadian, Sasan & Cavalcanti, Flavia R. & Hashemi, Nastaran, 2015. "Paper-based devices for energy applications," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1453-1472.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:52:y:2015:i:c:p:1453-1472
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.027
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