The flexible aluminium battery was created at Stanford University . It consists of a negatively charged aluminium anode and a positively charged graphite cathode along with an ionic liquid electrolyte . It sits in a flexible polymer-coated 'pouch ' and recharges in one minute . A team led by Professor John Rogers from the School of Materials Science & Engineering has developed a new way to make lithium-ion batteries that can be made using renewable energy sources such as solar panels or
The flexible aluminium battery was created at Stanford University . It consists of a negatively charged aluminium anode and a positively charged graphite cathode along with an ionic liquid electrolyte . It sits in a flexible polymer-coated 'pouch ' and recharges in one minute . But it currently offers just half the voltage of existing lithium-ion batteries .