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Chakrabarti BK, Bree G, Dao A, Remy G, Ouyang M, Dönmez KB, Wu B, Williams M, Brandon NP, George C, Low CTJ. Lightweight Carbon-Metal-Based Fabric Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:21885-21894. [PMID: 38627998 PMCID: PMC11071045 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
Lithium-ion battery electrodes are typically manufactured via slurry casting, which involves mixing active material particles, conductive carbon, and a polymeric binder in a solvent, followed by casting and drying the coating on current collectors (Al or Cu). These electrodes are functional but still limited in terms of pore network percolation, electronic connectivity, and mechanical stability, leading to poor electron/ion conductivities and mechanical integrity upon cycling, which result in battery degradation. To address this, we fabricate trichome-like carbon-iron fabrics via a combination of electrospinning and pyrolysis. Compared with slurry cast Fe2O3 and graphite-based electrodes, the carbon-iron fabric (CMF) electrode provides enhanced high-rate capacity (10C and above) and stability, for both half cell and full cell testing (the latter with a standard lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) cathode). Further, the CMFs are free-standing and lightweight; therefore, future investigation may include scaling this as an anode material for pouch cells and 18,650 cylindrical batteries.
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- Barun Kumar Chakrabarti
- Sabancı
Üniversitesi Nanoteknoloji Araştırma ve Uygulama
Merkezi (SUNUM), Orta
Mahalle Üniversite Caddesi No:27, 34956 Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
- WMG,
Warwick Electrochemical Engineering Group, Energy Innovation Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- WMG,
Warwick Electrochemical Engineering Group, Energy Innovation Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- WMG,
Warwick Electrochemical Engineering Group, Energy Innovation Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Centre
for Imaging, Metrology, and Additive Technology (CiMAT), WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial
College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Sabancı
Üniversitesi Nanoteknoloji Araştırma ve Uygulama
Merkezi (SUNUM), Orta
Mahalle Üniversite Caddesi No:27, 34956 Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Dyson
School of Design Engineering, Imperial College
London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Centre
for Imaging, Metrology, and Additive Technology (CiMAT), WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial
College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Dyson
School of Design Engineering, Imperial College
London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- WMG,
Warwick Electrochemical Engineering Group, Energy Innovation Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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Hamidinejad M, Wang H, Sanders KA, De Volder M. Electrochemically Responsive 3D Nanoarchitectures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2304517. [PMID: 37702306 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Responsive nanomaterials are being developed to create new unique functionalities such as switchable colors and adhesive properties or other programmable features in response to external stimuli. While many existing examples rely on changes in temperature, humidity, or pH, this study aims to explore an alternative approach relying on simple electric input signals. More specifically, 3D electrochromic architected microstructures are developed using carbon nanotube-Tin (Sn) composites that can be reconfigured by lithiating Sn with low power electric input (≈50 nanowatts). These microstructures have a continuous, regulated, and non-volatile actuation determined by the extent of the electrochemical lithiation process. In addition, this proposed fabrication process relies only on batch lithographic techniques, enabling the parallel production of thousands of 3D microstructures. Structures with a 30-97% change in open-end area upon actuation are demonstrated and the importance of geometric factors in the response and structural integrity of 3D architected microstructures during electrochemical actuation is highlighted.
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- Mahdi Hamidinejad
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G1H9, Canada
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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Xia X, Yang J, Liu Y, Zhang J, Shang J, Liu B, Li S, Li W. Material Choice and Structure Design of Flexible Battery Electrode. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2204875. [PMID: 36403240 PMCID: PMC9875691 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With the development of flexible electronics, the demand for flexibility is gradually put forward for its energy supply device, i.e., battery, to fit complex curved surfaces with good fatigue resistance and safety. As an important component of flexible batteries, flexible electrodes play a key role in the energy density, power density, and mechanical flexibility of batteries. Their large-scale commercial applications depend on the fulfillment of the commercial requirements and the fabrication methods of electrode materials. In this paper, the deformable electrode materials and structural design for flexible batteries are summarized, with the purpose of flexibility. The advantages and disadvantages of the application of various flexible materials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, MXene, carbon fiber/carbon fiber cloth, and conducting polymers) and flexible structures (buckling structure, helical structure, and kirigami structure) in flexible battery electrodes are discussed. In addition, the application scenarios of flexible batteries and the main challenges and future development of flexible electrode fabrication are also discussed, providing general guidance for the research of high-performance flexible electrodes.
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- Xiangling Xia
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghai200072China
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- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW2052Australia
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- College of SciencesInstitute for Sustainable EnergyShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
- Shaoxing Institute of TechnologyShanghai UniversityShaoxing312000China
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- College of SciencesInstitute for Sustainable EnergyShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringFuzhou UniversityFujian350108China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesNingbo315201China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghai200072China
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- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW2052Australia
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghai200072China
- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW2052Australia
- College of SciencesInstitute for Sustainable EnergyShanghai UniversityShanghai200444China
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Zhu S, Ni J. The Critical Role of Carbon Nanotubes in Bridging Academic Research to Commercialization of Lithium Batteries. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200125. [PMID: 35789096 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rechargeable lithium batteries have been intensively explored due to their potential to deliver a high energy and stable cycling performance. Yet considerable achievements have been reported on battery performance in lab-based research, a broad gap from fundamental research to their industrial application needs to be filled. The significant advances in the field of carbon nanotubes over the past decades make it a promising candidate to bridge such a gap. Nevertheless, a systematic and profound understanding of its roles in Li batteries is lacking. In this review, we discuss the critical role of carbon nanotube in developing several lithium techniques such as Li-ion, Li-sulfur, and Li-air cells. The focus is laid on the elevation of device capacity, energy, and cyclic life to meet the practical demand. We hope this paper, together with other recently-proposed guiding principles, will pave the way for the massive application of carbon nanotube-based lithium batteries.
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- Sheng Zhu
- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Center for Energy Conversion Materials & Physics (CECMP), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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Shen S, Huang L, Tong X, Zhou R, Zhong Y, Xiong Q, Zhang L, Wang X, Xia X, Tu J. A Powerful One-Step Puffing Carbonization Method for Construction of Versatile Carbon Composites with High-Efficiency Energy Storage. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2102796. [PMID: 34425027 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Carbon materials play a critical role in the advancement of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Currently, it is still a great challenge to fabricate versatile carbon-based composites with controlled morphology, adjustable dimension, and tunable composition by a one-step synthesis process. In this work, a powerful one-step maltose-based puffing carbonization technology is reported to construct multiscale carbon-based composites on large scale. A quantity of composite examples (e.g., carbon/metal oxides, carbon/metal nitrides, carbon/metal carbides, carbon/metal sulfides, carbon/metals, metal/semiconductors, carbon/carbons) are prepared and demonstrated with required properties. These well-designed composites show advantages of large porosity, hierarchical porous structure, high conductivity, tunable components, and proportion. The formation mechanism of versatile carbon composites is attributed to the puffing-carbonization of maltose plus in situ carbothermal reaction between maltose and precursors. As a representative example, Li2 S is in situ implanted into a hierarchical porous cross-linked puffed carbon (CPC) matrix to verify its application in lithium-sulfur batteries. The designed S-doped CPC/Li2 S cathode shows superior electrochemical performance with higher rate capacity (621 mAh g-1 at 2 C), smaller polarization and enhanced long-term cycles as compared to other counterparts. The research provides a general way for the construction of multifunctional component-adjustable carbon composites for advanced energy storage and conversion.
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- Shenghui Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversation, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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Xue F, Zheng H, Peng Q, Hu Y, Zhao X, Xu L, Li P, Zhu Y, Liu Z, He X. An ultra-broad-range pressure sensor based on a gradient stiffness design. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2021; 8:2260-2272. [PMID: 34846430 DOI: 10.1039/d1mh00384d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The question of how to make artificial intelligence robots perceive the power of "light as a feather" and "heavy as a mountain" at the same time has always been a goal that people are striving to achieve. However, pressure sensors, the key components of electronic equipment, are often unable to incorporate high sensitivity and wide range performance. Here, we proposed a "gradient stiffness design" strategy to prepare a kind of carbon nanotube sponge with a stiffness difference of up to 254 times between different layers, but still maintaining an integral conductive network without delamination. This gradient stiffness structure sponge shows prominent sensing properties with ultra-broad range (from 0.0022 MPa to 5.47 MPa) and high sensitivity. The low stiffness layer can detect low stress (0.0022 MPa) with high sensitivity of 0.765 MPa-1, and the high stiffness layer can greatly extend the sensing range to an unprecedentedly high value (5.47 MPa). It can concisely detect various motions with different stress, from slight clamping of fragile fries by the robot fingers to heavily stomping motions by a 90 kg person. Moreover, a series of human movements from small-scale to large-scale can be also monitored, revealing the great potential of this gradient stiffness structure in future sensing research.
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- Fuhua Xue
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China.
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Jessl S, Engelke S, Copic D, Baumberg JJ, De Volder M. Anisotropic Carbon Nanotube Structures with High Aspect Ratio Nanopores for Li-Ion Battery Anodes. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 2021; 4:6299-6305. [PMID: 34240009 PMCID: PMC8240089 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Technological advances in membrane technology, catalysis, and electrochemical energy storage require the fabrication of controlled pore structures at ever smaller length scales. It is therefore important to develop processes allowing for the fabrication of materials with controlled submicron porous structures. We propose a combination of colloidal lithography and chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotubes to create continuous straight pores with diameters down to 100 nm in structures with thicknesses of more than 300 μm. These structures offer unique features, including continuous and parallel pores with aspect ratios in excess of 3000, a low pore tortuosity, good electrical conductivity, and electrochemical stability. We demonstrate that these structures can be used in Li-ion batteries by coating the carbon nanotubes with Si as an active anode material.
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- Sarah Jessl
- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
- Cambridge
Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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- NanoPhotonics
Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, University
of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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Islam J, Chowdhury FI, Uddin J, Amin R, Uddin J. Review on carbonaceous materials and metal composites in deformable electrodes for flexible lithium-ion batteries. RSC Adv 2021; 11:5958-5992. [PMID: 35423128 PMCID: PMC8694876 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10229f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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With the rapid propagation of flexible electronic devices, flexible lithium-ion batteries (FLIBs) are emerging as the most promising energy supplier among all of the energy storage devices owing to their high energy and power densities with good cycling stability. As a key component of FLIBs, to date, researchers have tried to develop newly designed high-performance electrochemically and mechanically stable pliable electrodes. To synthesize better quality flexible electrodes, based on high conductivity and mechanical strength of carbonaceous materials and metals, several research studies have been conducted. Despite both materials-based electrodes demonstrating excellent electrochemical and mechanical performances in the laboratory experimental process, they cannot meet the expected demands of stable flexible electrodes with high energy density. After all, various significant issues associated with them need to be overcome, for instance, poor electrochemical performance, the rapid decay of the electrode architecture during deformation, and complicated as well as costly production processes thus limiting their expansive applications. Herein, the recent progression in the exploration of carbonaceous materials and metals based flexible electrode materials are summarized and discussed, with special focus on determining their relative electrochemical performance and structural stability based on recent advancement. Major factors for the future advancement of FLIBs in this field are also discussed.
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- Jahidul Islam
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331 Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331 Bangladesh
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- Center for Nanotechnology, Department of Natural Sciences, Coppin State University Maryland USA
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Han JS, Hwang GC, Yu H, Lim DH, Cho JS, Kuenzel M, Kim JK, Ahn JH. Preparation of fully flexible lithium metal batteries with free-standing β-Na0.33V2O5 cathodes and LAGP hybrid solid electrolytes. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ranque P, George C, Dubey RK, van der Jagt R, Flahaut D, Dedryvère R, Fehse M, Kassanos P, Jager WF, Sudhölter EJR, Kelder EM. Scalable Route to Electroactive and Light Active Perylene Diimide Dye Polymer Binder for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2020; 3:2271-2277. [PMID: 32954221 PMCID: PMC7493281 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developing multifunctional polymeric binders is key to the design of energy storage technologies with value-added features. We report that a multigram-scale synthesis of perylene diimide polymer (PPDI), from a single batch via polymer analogous reaction route, yields high molecular weight polymers with suitable thermal stability and minimized solubility in electrolytes, potentially leading to improved binding affinity toward electrode particles. Further, it develops strategies for designing copolymers with virtually any desired composition via a subsequent grafting, leading to purpose-built binders. PPDI dye as both binder and electroactive additive in lithium half-cells using lithium iron phosphate exhibits good electrochemical performance.
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- Pierre Ranque
- Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering (OMI-ChemE), Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
- Institut
des Sciences Analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l’Environnement
et les Matériaux, IPREM, E2S-UPPA/CNRS/Université
Pau & Pays Adour, 64000 Pau, France
- ALISTORE-ERI
European Research Institute, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France
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- Dyson
School of Design Engineering, Imperial College
London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
- Department
of Radiation Science and Technology/Reactor Institute Delft, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering (OMI-ChemE), Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Radiation Science and Technology/Reactor Institute Delft, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institut
des Sciences Analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l’Environnement
et les Matériaux, IPREM, E2S-UPPA/CNRS/Université
Pau & Pays Adour, 64000 Pau, France
- ALISTORE-ERI
European Research Institute, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France
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- Institut
des Sciences Analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l’Environnement
et les Matériaux, IPREM, E2S-UPPA/CNRS/Université
Pau & Pays Adour, 64000 Pau, France
- ALISTORE-ERI
European Research Institute, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France
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- Department
of Radiation Science and Technology/Reactor Institute Delft, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands
- Dutch-Belgian
(DUBBLE), ESRF-The European Synchrotron, CS 40220, 38043 Cedex 9 Grenoble, France
- ALISTORE-ERI
European Research Institute, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France
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- Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering (OMI-ChemE), Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering (OMI-ChemE), Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Radiation Science and Technology/Reactor Institute Delft, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands
- ALISTORE-ERI
European Research Institute, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France
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Jessl S, Copic D, Engelke S, Ahmad S, De Volder M. Hydrothermal Coating of Patterned Carbon Nanotube Forest for Structured Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1901201. [PMID: 31544336 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Controlling the arrangement and interface of nanoparticles is essential to achieve good transfer of charge, heat, or mechanical load. This is particularly challenging in systems requiring hybrid nanoparticle mixtures such as combinations of organic and inorganic materials. This work presents a process to coat vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests with metal oxide nanoparticles using microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis. Hydrothermal processes normally damage delicate CNT forests, which is addressed here by a combination of lithographic patterning, transfer printing, and reduction of the synthesis time. This process is applied for the fabrication of structured Li-ion battery (LIB) electrodes where the aligned CNTs provide a straight electron transport path through the electrode and the hydrothermal coating process is used to coat the CNTs with conversion anode materials for LIBs. These nanoparticles are anchored on the surface of the CNTs and batteries fabricated following this process show a fourfold longer cyclability. Finally, this process is used to create thick electrodes (350 µm) with a gravimetric capacity of over 900 mAh g-1 .
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- Sarah Jessl
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
- Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
- Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
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Plog J, Löwe JM, Jiang Y, Pan Y, Yarin AL. Control of Direct Written Ink Droplets Using Electrowetting. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:11023-11036. [PMID: 31345035 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Here, we investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of electrowetting in the motion control of droplets of different liquids, which are widely used as inks in direct writing (DW)-based three-dimensional (3D) printing processes for various applications. To control the movement of DW ink droplets on dielectric substrates, the electrodes were embedded in the substrate. It is demonstrated that droplets of pure liquid inks, aqueous polymer solution inks, and carbon fiber suspension inks can be moved on multi-angled surfaces. Also, experimental results reveal that droplets of a commercial hydrogel, agar-agar, alginate, xanthan gum, and gum arabic can be moved by electrowetting. Droplets of sizes 200 μm-3 mm were manipulated and moved by the electric field on different dielectric substrates accurately and repeatedly. Effective electrowetting-based control and movement of droplets were observed on horizontal, vertical, and even inverted substrates. These findings imply the feasibility and potential application of electrowetting as a flexible, rapid, and new method for ink droplet control in 3D printing processes.
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- J Plog
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , 842 W. Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607-7022 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , 842 W. Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607-7022 , United States
- High-Voltage Laboratories , Technische Universität Darmstadt , Fraunhoferstr. 4 , Darmstadt 64283 , Germany
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , 842 W. Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607-7022 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , 842 W. Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607-7022 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , 842 W. Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607-7022 , United States
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Modarres MH, Engelke S, Jo C, Seveno D, De Volder M. Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanorods for Enhanced Volumetric Performance of Nanoparticles in Li-Ion Batteries. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:228-234. [PMID: 30521349 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The benefits of nanosize active particles in Li-ion batteries are currently ambiguous. They are acclaimed for enhancing the cyclability of certain electrode materials and for improving rate performance. However, at the same time, nanoparticles are criticized for causing side reactions as well as for their low packing density and, therefore, poor volumetric battery performance. This paper demonstrates for the first time that self-assembly can be used to pack nanoparticles into dense battery electrodes with up to 4-fold higher volumetric capacities. Furthermore, despite the dense packing of the self-assembled electrodes, they retain a higher volumetric capacity than randomly dispersed nanoparticles up to rates of 5 C. Finally, we did not observe substential degradation in capacity after 1000 cycles, and post-mortem analysis indicates that the self-assembled structures are maintained during cycling. Therefore, the proposed self-assembled electrodes profit from the advantages of nanostructured battery materials without compromising the volumetric performance.
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- Mohammad Hadi Modarres
- Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , 17 Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , 17 Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
- Cambridge Graphene Centre , University of Cambridge , 9 JJ Thomson Avenue , Cambridge , CB3 0FA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , 17 Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Engineering , KU Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 - bus 2450 , B-3001 Heverlee , Belgium
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- Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , 17 Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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Polyimide-derived carbon nanofiber membranes as anodes for high-performance flexible lithium ion batteries. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Cha H, Kim J, Lee Y, Cho J, Park M. Issues and Challenges Facing Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries for Practical Application. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1702989. [PMID: 29280279 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201702989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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With the advent of flexible electronics, lithium-ion batteries have become a key component of high performance energy storage systems. Thus, considerable effort is made to keep up with the development of flexible lithium-ion batteries. To date, many researchers have studied newly designed batteries with flexibility, however, there are several significant challenges that need to be overcome, such as degradation of electrodes under external load, poor battery performance, and complicated cell preparation procedures. In addition, an in-depth understanding of the current challenges for flexible batteries is rarely addressed in a systematical and practical way. Herein, recent progress and current issues of flexible lithium-ion batteries in terms of battery materials and cell designs are reviewed. A critical overview of important issues and challenges for the practical application of flexible lithium-ion batteries is also provided. Finally, the strategies are discussed to overcome current limitations of the practical use of flexible lithium-based batteries, providing a direction for future research.
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- Hyungyeon Cha
- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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Ahmad S, George C, Beesley DJ, Baumberg JJ, De Volder M. Photo-Rechargeable Organo-Halide Perovskite Batteries. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:1856-1862. [PMID: 29425044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Emerging autonomous electronic devices require increasingly compact energy generation and storage solutions. Merging these two functionalities in a single device would significantly increase their volumetric performance, however this is challenging due to material and manufacturing incompatibilities between energy harvesting and storage materials. Here we demonstrate that organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites can both generate and store energy in a rechargeable device termed a photobattery. This photobattery relies on highly photoactive two-dimensional lead halide perovskites to simultaneously achieve photocharging and Li-ion storage. Integrating these functionalities provides simple autonomous power solutions while retaining capacities of up to 100 mAh/g and efficiencies similar to electrodes using a mixture of batteries and solar materials.
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- Shahab Ahmad
- Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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- Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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- Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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- Nanophotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0HE , United Kingdom
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- Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0FS , United Kingdom
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Wang L, Pan J, Zhang Y, Cheng X, Liu L, Peng H. A Li-Air Battery with Ultralong Cycle Life in Ambient Air. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:1704378. [PMID: 29194803 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The Li-air battery represents a promising power candidate for future electronics due to its extremely high energy density. However, the use of Li-air batteries is largely limited by their poor cyclability in ambient air. Herein, Li-air batteries with ultralong 610 cycles in ambient air are created by combination of low-density polyethylene film that prevents water erosion and gel electrolyte that contains a redox mediator of LiI. The low-density polyethylene film can restrain the side reactions of the discharge product of Li2 O2 to Li2 CO3 in ambient air, while the LiI can facilitate the electrochemical decomposition of Li2 O2 during charging, which improves the reversibility of the Li-air battery. All the components of the Li-air battery are flexible, which is particularly desirable for portable and wearable electronic devices.
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- Lie Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Lin W, Huang Y, He G. Unique CoS hierarchitectures for high-performance lithium ion batteries. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce01289j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lantern-like CoS hierarchitectures, having a perfect crystal structure, a high specific surface area and lots of nanoscale 3D channels, are synthesized.
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- Weijuan Lin
- School of Resources, Environment and Materials
- Guangxi University
- Nanning
- China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials
- Guangxi University
- Nanning
- China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials
- Guangxi University
- Nanning
- China
- State Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metal and Featured Materials
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Aravindan V, Sennu P, Lee YS, Madhavi S. Practical Li-Ion Battery Assembly with One-Dimensional Active Materials. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:4031-4037. [PMID: 28809122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Research activities on the development of one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures and their successful implementation in the fabrication of high-performance practical Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are described. Although numerous 1D-structured materials have been explored for use in LIBs as anodes, cathodes, and separator-cum-electrolytes, only a very limited number of studies report the practical assembly of LIBs using these components. As a result, the salient features of using 1D materials in charge-storage devices have not been realized from an application perspective. Exceptional battery performance is reported when all-1D-based electro-active materials are used to fabricate LIBs. Using all-1D nanostructures not only provides high power capability, energy density, and durability, it also opens up new avenues for developing high-performance next-generation Li-ion power packs.
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- Vanchiappan Aravindan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) , Tirupati 517507, India
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- Faculty of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University , Gwang-ju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University , Gwang-ju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Venugopalan V, Lamboll R, Joshi D, Narayan KS. Facile Fabrication of Ultra-Stretchable Metallic Nanocluster Films for Wearable Electronics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:28010-28018. [PMID: 28703571 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With recent progress in flexible electronics, developing facile one-step techniques for fabricating stretchable conductors and interconnects remain essential. It is also desirable for these processes to have a small number of processing steps, incorporate micropatterning, and be capable of being effortlessly implemented for manufacturing of wearable logic circuits. A low vacuum flash evaporation of Au nanoclusters is proposed as a facile method to fabricate highly stretchable conductors capable of fulfilling all such requirements. High metal-elastomer adhesion on textured substrates ensures low surface resistances (100% strain ≈ 25 Ω-sq-1) where thin film Au accommodate strain like a "bellow". Stretchability for conductors deposited on non-prestretched textured substrates up to 150% and smooth PDMS substrates up to 200% are shown. The system is modeled on a microscopic system calculating 2-D current continuity equations. Devising low cost techniques for fabricating stretchable conductors remains essential and in that direction stretchable circuits, heating elements have been demonstrated.
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- Vijay Venugopalan
- Molecular Electronics Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Bangalore 560064, India
- Department of Physics, Politecnico Di Milano , Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci, Milano, Italy 20133, United States
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdon
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdon
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- Molecular Electronics Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Bangalore 560064, India
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