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Title: All-Printed, Stretchable Zn-Ag2O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self-Powering Wearable Electronics

Abstract

While several stretchable batteries utilizing either deterministic or random composite architectures have been described, none have been fabricated using inexpensive printing technologies. In this study, the authors printed a highly stretchable, zinc‐silver oxide (Zn‐Ag 2 O) battery by incorporating polystyrene‐ block ‐polyisoprene‐ block ‐polystyrene (SIS) as a hyperelastic binder for custom‐made printable inks. The remarkable mechanical properties of the SIS binder lead to an all‐printed, stretchable Zn‐Ag 2 O rechargeable battery with a ≈2.5 mA h cm −2 reversible capacity density even after multiple iterations of 100% stretching. This battery offers the highest reversible capacity and discharge current density for intrinsically stretchable batteries reported to date. The electrochemical and mechanical properties are characterized under different strain conditions. The new stress‐enduring printable inks pave ways for further developing stretchable electronics for the wide range of wearable applications.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1533074
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1401499
Grant/Contract Number:  
AR0000535
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Energy Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Chemistry; Energy & Fuels; Materials Science; Physics; digital image correlation (DIC); polystyrene-block-polyisoprene-block-polystyrene (SIS); printable electronics; rechargeable Zn-Ag2O batteries; stretchable electronics

Citation Formats

Kumar, Rajan, Shin, Jaewook, Yin, Lu, You, Jung-Min, Meng, Ying Shirley, and Wang, Joseph. All-Printed, Stretchable Zn-Ag2O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self-Powering Wearable Electronics. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201602096.
Kumar, Rajan, Shin, Jaewook, Yin, Lu, You, Jung-Min, Meng, Ying Shirley, & Wang, Joseph. All-Printed, Stretchable Zn-Ag2O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self-Powering Wearable Electronics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201602096
Kumar, Rajan, Shin, Jaewook, Yin, Lu, You, Jung-Min, Meng, Ying Shirley, and Wang, Joseph. 2016. "All-Printed, Stretchable Zn-Ag2O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self-Powering Wearable Electronics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201602096. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1533074.
@article{osti_1533074,
title = {All-Printed, Stretchable Zn-Ag2O Rechargeable Battery via Hyperelastic Binder for Self-Powering Wearable Electronics},
author = {Kumar, Rajan and Shin, Jaewook and Yin, Lu and You, Jung-Min and Meng, Ying Shirley and Wang, Joseph},
abstractNote = {While several stretchable batteries utilizing either deterministic or random composite architectures have been described, none have been fabricated using inexpensive printing technologies. In this study, the authors printed a highly stretchable, zinc‐silver oxide (Zn‐Ag 2 O) battery by incorporating polystyrene‐ block ‐polyisoprene‐ block ‐polystyrene (SIS) as a hyperelastic binder for custom‐made printable inks. The remarkable mechanical properties of the SIS binder lead to an all‐printed, stretchable Zn‐Ag 2 O rechargeable battery with a ≈2.5 mA h cm −2 reversible capacity density even after multiple iterations of 100% stretching. This battery offers the highest reversible capacity and discharge current density for intrinsically stretchable batteries reported to date. The electrochemical and mechanical properties are characterized under different strain conditions. The new stress‐enduring printable inks pave ways for further developing stretchable electronics for the wide range of wearable applications.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201602096},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1533074}, journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
issn = {1614-6832},
number = 8,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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