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Title: Development of a carbon-based lithium microbattery

Journal Article · · Journal of Power Sources
OSTI ID:898852

A conceptual design for a carbon-based rechargeable Li microbattery and the progress in fabricating the electrode microstructures are described in this paper. The microstructures are produced from photoresists that are typically used by the semiconductor industry. The photoresist is spin coated on a silicon wafer, ''patterned'' by photolithography and then heated in an inert environment to form carbon microstructures (<50-micron dimension) which serve as the electrodes. Progress in fabricating the electrode microstructures, lithiation of the carbon negative electrode and electropolymerization of the polypyrrole positive electrode will be discussed.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
898852
Report Number(s):
LBNL-43088; JPSODZ; TRN: US200706%%280
Journal Information:
Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 81-82; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 1999; ISSN 0378-7753
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English