This invention is an application comprising an electrically operated device,and a flexible thin layer open liquid state electrochemical cell (10) forproviding the device with electrical power for its operation; theelectrochemical cell including a first layer of insoluble negative pole (14),a second layer of insoluble positive pole (16), and a third layer of aqueouselectrolyte (12); the third layer (12) being disposed between the first (14)and second (16) layers; and including a deliquescent material for keeping theopen cell (10) wet at all times, an electroactive soluble material forobtaining required ionic conductivity, a watersoluble polymer for obtaining arequired viscosity for adhering the first (14), and second (16) layers to thethird (12) layer.