These would have to scale up significantly in power output:
Just to power a basic sensor they'd need a couple orders of magnitude increase
To power a calculator or a light it's like 6 to 8 orders of magnitude depending on how good you want it to be. Calculators are peaky so you'd need a clever power supply design.
If you want anything internet connected it'll be another few orders of magnitude because wifi is a hog. You could probably do BLE on a lot less though.
E-ink is a cool application almost within reach but likewise require scale up in power
Conceptually it is cool. This would start to fill a niche I played a lot with called Energy Harvesting. The idea being that you use ambient sun, vibrational energy whatever you can get your hands on to power low power sensors. But the reliability isn't there. These batteries solve the steady reliability problem but they need to scale up power output to unlock more applications.
These would have to scale up significantly in power output:
E-ink is a cool application almost within reach but likewise require scale up in power
Conceptually it is cool. This would start to fill a niche I played a lot with called Energy Harvesting. The idea being that you use ambient sun, vibrational energy whatever you can get your hands on to power low power sensors. But the reliability isn't there. These batteries solve the steady reliability problem but they need to scale up power output to unlock more applications.