Featured in Lighting the way – 05-2024

Your batteries are dead (in more ways than one)

Crucial to our digital lives yet scorned for their environmental impact, the batteries powering many household devices could be replaced by an always-on, light-harvesting alternative, argues Bates Marshall, CEO of Ambient Photonics.
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Ambient Photonics claims its organic PV cells offer strong low-light performance. The company is positioning the technology as a replacement for batteries in many household electronic devices. | Photo: Ambient Photonics

 Batteries are all around us – in our TV remotes, toys, home security sensors, cameras, and keyboards. By some estimates, the average US household goes through 47 disposable batteries per year.Use of disposable batteries may be slowing but that’s only because of the increased adoption of rechargeable batteries – including lithium-ion types that are charged …

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