Flint Confirms Biodegradable Paper Batteries Are Now in Production

56 pointsposted a month ago
by rmason

10 Comments

ravetcofx

a month ago

This is clickbait greenwashing imo, if you click-through the website, they still use Zinc and Magnesium for the chemistry/electrodes which isn't much different than lithium. They also claim these metals are natural as they're found in our food and bodies... well so is lithium to some extent.

xorbax

a month ago

...did you expect an electrolyte-free battery entirely made of paper and nothing else?

Neywiny

a month ago

Sadly we'll need to wait for independent studies. Too many companies claim bio degradability when they barely break down when buried for a long time. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUkMG2Io4w shows the greenwashing.

kreelman

a month ago

These look very good.

I'd be interested to find out how biodegradable the non-paper parts are...

Has any thought been given to what happens if a kid swallows one of these batteries? I'm wondering if they're better or worse than swallowing a typical tiny cell battery.

readthenotes1

a month ago

The first Better Battery Bulletin announcing production in many many years

eternityforest

a month ago

Sodium ion showed up a year or two ago and you can buy them on Amazon as 12v lead acid replacements, 18650s are also available but the voltage range is different from normal lithium.