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Flexible Rechargeable Zinc‐Air Batteries through Morphological Emulation of Human Hair Array
Author(s) -
Fu Jing,
Hassan Fathy Mohamed,
Li Jingde,
Lee Dong Un,
Ghannoum Abdul Rahman,
Lui Gregory,
Hoque Md. Ariful,
Chen Zhongwei
Publication year - 2016
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.201600762
Subject(s) - materials science , zinc , electrode , battery (electricity) , nanotechnology , flexibility (engineering) , mesoporous material , carbon nanotube , metallurgy , catalysis , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , statistics , mathematics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
An electrically rechargeable, nanoarchitectured air electrode that morphologically emulates a human hair array is demonstrated in a zinc–air battery. The hair‐like array of mesoporous cobalt oxide nanopetals in nitrogen‐doped carbon nanotubes is grown directly on a stainless‐steel mesh. This electrode produces both flexibility and improved battery performance, and thus fully manifests the advantages of flexible rechargeable zinc–air batteries in practical applications.