St Microelectronics and CEA will establish a common laboratory in Tours and Grenoble, France, that will pursue advanced research in solid-state micro-batteries that promise longer life, greater safety and lower environmental burden than existing battery technologies, and micro-fuel cells for clean energy generation. Other promising energy generation, conversion and storage technologies that will be investigated include thermoelectric and mechanical scavenging techniques that convert, for example, physical motion into electrical power, always with a focus on low-power applications.
The joint research team will work on a variety of projects. These include micro fuel cells specifically designed to power mobile phones using fuel that can be topped up at any time, thin-film micro-batteries for use in applications such as 'smart labels,' which are expected to replace existing bar code technology, and radio frequency ID tags, and the development of new energy-scavenging technologies.
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