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David Savastano, Editor09.29.09
The idea of creating a printed flexible battery offers plenty of possible uses as well as advantages. There are a number of companies in the field working on these batteries, and plenty of applications waiting for printed batteries.
Enfucell Oy Ltd., heaquartered in Vantaa, Finland, is a leader in the field of printed batteries. Enfucell was founded in June 2002 after a decade of research on power sources for low power applications at the Automation Laboratory of The Helsinki University of Technology by Dr. Xia-Chang Zhang, the father of SoftBattery, and his four Ph.D. colleagues.
“Enfucell’s SoftBattery technology was a part of wider small battery research program at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1990s,” said Markku Paukku, president of Enfucell Inc., Enfucell’s U.S. subsidiary. “The research team of SoftBattery won first price of Venture Club Competition of new innovative business in 2002, after which Enfucel
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