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- Strategic Elements (SOR) finds its Energy Ink battery technology generates more electrical charge as it increases in size
- Testing with research partner the University of NSW found a single 100-square-centimetre Energy Ink cell could generate 1400 milliamp hours of electrical charge
- This is a 400-per-cent increase on the 36-square-centimetre cell pack tested earlier this year
- SOR says it has made “rapid technological progress” in the development of the battery, which is designed to generate electricity from moisture in the air
- The company and its research partners are now working to create a prototype battery pack to showcase the ability of the product
- Shares in Strategic Elements were up 6.67 per cent and training at 16 cents at 1:47 pm AEST
Strategic Elements (SOR) has found its Energy Ink battery technology generates more electrical charge as it increases in size.
Together with research partner the University of New South Wales, Strategic Elements found a single 100-square-centimetre Energy Ink cell could generate 1400 milliamp hours of electrical charge.
This marks a 400-per-cent increase on the 36-square-centimetre cell pack tested earlier this year
Managing Director Charles Murphy said the achievement had unlocked a potential research and development pathway for developing larger-scale Energy Ink systems.
“The Energy Ink technology is still far from reaching its maximum potential as the team continues to discover, develop and showcase the ability to enhance the technology’s ability to harvest energy from moisture,” Mr Murphy said.
The company has nearly completed developing and testing its “world-first” prototype battery pack with the goal of generating an amp-hour range of electrical charge solely from moisture in the air.
Strategic Elements is carrying out the testing by printing 36-square-centimetre cells onto flexible plastic using green, sustainable and safe materials.
Meanwhile, SOR subsidiary Stealth Technologies is currently building programmable load simulators that will enable automated testing to show how Energy Ink cells perform in real-world applications.
This will enable the company to run multiple tests in parallel without human intervention, and programming will allow circuits to simulate different types of devices with different power usage patterns.
SOR claims unlike lithium-based batteries, Energy Ink uses green, sustainable materials that are safe and non-flammable and can be flexed and bent around the human body or structures when printed onto flexible plastic.
Shares in Strategic Elements were up 6.67 per cent and training at 16 cents at 1:47 pm AEST.
