All‐Manganese‐Based Binder‐Free Stretchable Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Autor: Zeyuan Cao, Taoli Gu, Bingqing Wei
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Advanced Energy Materials. 7:1700369
ISSN: 1614-6840
1614-6832
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201700369
Popis: Advanced electrode materials with bendability and stretchability are critical for the rapid development of fully flexible/stretchable lithium-ion batteries. However, the sufficiently stretchable lithium-ion battery is still underdeveloped that is one of the biggest challenges preventing from realizing fully deformable power sources. Here, a low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of a cathode material for stretchable lithium-ion battery is reported by the in situ growth of LiMn2O4 (LMO) nanocrystals inside 3D carbon nanotube (CNT) film networks. The LMO/CNT film composite has demonstrated the chemical bonding between the LMO active materials and CNT scaffolds, which is the most important characteristic of the stretchable electrodes. When coupled with a wrinkled MnOx/CNT film anode, a binder-free, all-manganese-based stretchable full battery cell is assembled which delivers a high average specific capacity of ≈97 mA h g−1 and stabilizes after over 300 cycles with an enormous strain of 100%. Furthermore, combining with other merits such as low cost, natural abundance, and environmentally friendly, the all-manganese design is expected to accelerate the practical applications of stretchable lithium-ion batteries for fully flexible and biomedical electronics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE