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Flexible High‐Energy Polymer‐Electrolyte‐Based Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries
Author(s) -
Fu Jing,
Lee Dong Un,
Hassan Fathy Mohamed,
Yang Lin,
Bai Zhengyu,
Park Moon Gyu,
Chen Zhongwei
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201502853
Subject(s) - electrolyte , materials science , battery (electricity) , flexibility (engineering) , zinc , electrode , energy storage , polymer , energy density , nanotechnology , bifunctional , engineering physics , composite material , catalysis , metallurgy , engineering , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , biochemistry
A thin‐film, flexible, and rechargeable zinc–air battery having high energy density is reported particularly for emerging portable and wearable electronic applications. This freeform battery design is the first demonstrated by sandwiching a porous‐gelled polymer electrolyte with a freestanding zinc film and a bifunctional catalytic electrode film. The flexibility of both the electrode films and polymer electrolyte membrane gives great freedom in tailoring the battery geometry and performance.