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Monolithic integration of flexible lithium-ion battery on a plastic substrate by printing methods

Show Author's Information Zhenxuan Zhao,  Huaqiang Wu( )
Institute of Microelectronics,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China;
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flexible, lithium-ion battery, polymer electrolyte, printable, full-solid-state battery
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Zhao Z, Wu H. Monolithic integration of flexible lithium-ion battery on a plastic substrate by printing methods. Nano Research, 2019, 12(10): 2477-2484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2471-z
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Energy storage devices with flexible form factor have become critical components of wearable electronic systems. Inspired by methods of monolithic integration in the microelectronics fabrication process, we propose a planar flexible full-solid-state lithium-ion battery (FSLB) architecture and a layer-by-layer stencil printing assembly method for fabricating batteries on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. FSLBs use quasi-solid electrolyte based on LiTFSI and ultraviolet (UV)-curable ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (ETPTA) polymeric matrix in combination with Li4Ti5O12 (LTO)/LiFePO4 (LFP)-based electrodes. Excellent mechanical flexibility (< 10 mm bending radius) can be achieved. The electrochemical characteristics of electrolyte, including ion conductivity, physical stability during room-temperature and tender assembly processes, are promising. A complete thin film-shape FSLB demonstrated working operation both under planar and bending conditions. The unique architecture and assembly processes open new ways for planar flexible devices to be integrated with flexible energy devices.


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Monolithic integration of flexible lithium-ion battery on a plastic substrate by printing methods

Show Author's information Zhenxuan Zhao, Huaqiang Wu( )
Institute of Microelectronics,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China;

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Energy storage devices with flexible form factor have become critical components of wearable electronic systems. Inspired by methods of monolithic integration in the microelectronics fabrication process, we propose a planar flexible full-solid-state lithium-ion battery (FSLB) architecture and a layer-by-layer stencil printing assembly method for fabricating batteries on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. FSLBs use quasi-solid electrolyte based on LiTFSI and ultraviolet (UV)-curable ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (ETPTA) polymeric matrix in combination with Li4Ti5O12 (LTO)/LiFePO4 (LFP)-based electrodes. Excellent mechanical flexibility (< 10 mm bending radius) can be achieved. The electrochemical characteristics of electrolyte, including ion conductivity, physical stability during room-temperature and tender assembly processes, are promising. A complete thin film-shape FSLB demonstrated working operation both under planar and bending conditions. The unique architecture and assembly processes open new ways for planar flexible devices to be integrated with flexible energy devices.

Keywords: flexible, lithium-ion battery, polymer electrolyte, printable, full-solid-state battery

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Received: 19 March 2019
Revised: 08 June 2019
Accepted: 05 July 2019
Published: 17 July 2019
Issue date: October 2019

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This work was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (No. 2017YFB0405604) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51502019).

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