Salt and Paper Battery

Dr Albert Mihranyan, Researcher

Uppsala University, Sweden

Sweden

This presentation was given at Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics Europe 2010 on Apr 14, 2010.

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Presentation Summary

Cellulose is a material of enormous industrial importance;
By individually coating the cellulose nanofibers by a homogeneous layer of a conductive polymer one can obtain a conductive paper electrode material with good electrochemical and mechanical properties;
When used as an electrode, one can obtain ultrafast paper-based energy storage devices

Speaker Biography (Albert Mihranyan)

Albert Mihranyan was born on February 1st, 1978 in Yerevan, Armenia. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia, in 1999 with summa cum laude. In 2001-2005 he did his PhD studies at the Department of Pharmacy at Uppsala University, Sweden, which he completed with a dissertation thesis titled "Engineering of native cellulose structure for pharmaceutical applications. Influence of cellulose crystallinity index, surface area and pore volume on sorption phenomena". In 2007, he was merited with a Prize from H.R.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50-years foundation for research in technology and environmental sciences for his work addressing the Cladophora cellulose applications. Currently, he is employed as a research scientist at the Division for Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Engineering Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden. One of the topics of his research is composites materials of cellulose and conductive polymers and their use in energy storage devices and biotechnological/biomedical applications.

Company Profile (Swedish University of Science Uppsala)

The division for Nanotechnology and Functional Materials is a part of the Department for Engineering sciences and situated at the Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden. The division was established in 2004 and is headed by prof. Maria Strømme.

The research at the division for Nanotechnology and Functional Materials is strongly connected to applications within pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and energy and environmental research. Hence, the materials in focus are polymers, various types of pharmaceutical excipients (solids and gels), drug molecules and other biologically active molecules, as well as solid materials like metals, metal-oxides and other types of ceramics. A strong coupling exists between basic research and advanced technological functions and applications. The following topics are subject of interest

High surface area paper sheets for ion-exchange and separation of biomolecules
Sensitive molecular nanodiagnostics
Polymer capsules for targeted drug delivery
Ceramics as drug carriers
Bioactive coatings with optimized adhesion combined with drug delivery features
Cladophora sp. cellulose: From environmental problem to high-tech products
Fractal theory and characterization of pharmaceutically important properties
"Smart" environmentally responsive cryogels
Novel synthesis routes, characterization and potential applications of mesoporous materials
Immunological studies of mesoporous nanoparticles

More detailed information can be obtained at:

http://personal.teknik.uu.se/Teknikvetenskaper/nfm/index.html