Highly Flexible, Printed Alkaline Batteries Based on Mesh‐Embedded Electrodes

A flexible battery and a method to form the flexible battery include forming an anode by embedding an anode type electro-active material within a mesh material and associating an anode current collector with the anode. Similarly a cathode is formed by embedding a cathode type electro-active material within a mesh material and a cathode current collector is associated with the cathode. An electrolyte is located between the anode and cathode, and the arrangement is sealed.

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