Paper-based batteries as sustainable power source for disposable electronic devices

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Fuelium is a spinoff company that commercializes an eco-friendly paper-based battery technology to power portable electronic devices. Fuelium technology offers a sustainable alternative to pollutant coin cell and printed batteries, the standard energy sources that require long and complex recycling processes. Fuelium batteries are a tailor-made solution since specifications (such as voltage, power, size and duration) are scalable to the specific energy requirements of each application. In one of their formats, the batteries are fabricated in the same cost-effective roll-to-roll technology currently used by lateral flow test industry (reducing manufacturing and integration costs) and are activated upon the addition of a liquid sample, such as water, as well as relevant biological matrices (blood, urine and saliva). Fuelium paper-based technology follow sustainability principles of circular economy to provide affordable, eco-friendly and powerful batteries for single-use electronic devices, from in-vitro diagnostics to sectors such as veterinary, agro-food, environmental monitoring and smart packaging.