Flexible batteries are emerging as crucial energy storage devices for the future of flexible applications. These batteries address the need for high energy density and safety requirements in various fields.
Flexible batteries have applications in a growing number of fields, including wearable medical devices and biomedical sensors, flexible displays and smartwatches. Health-related applications powered by these batteries could transmit data wirelessly to healthcare providers, facilitating remote patient monitoring.
Flexible batteries are emerging as a powerful platform due to the rise of IoT, and wearable electronics, which cannot be powered by rigid Li-ion batteries. These flexible applications require the rational design of battery materials, structures, and configurations to adapt their shape-changing conditions.
In recent years, flexible/stretchable batteries have gained considerable attention as advanced power sources for the rapidly developing wearable devices. In this article, we present a critical and timely review on recent advances in the development of flexible/stretchable batteries and the associated integrated devices.
Specifically, we first discuss the requirements for constituent components, including the current collector, electrolyte, and separator, in flexible batteries.
An ideal flexible battery would have not only just high electrochemical performance but also excellent mechanical deformabilities. Therefore, battery constituent components, chemistry systems, device configurations, and practical applications are all pivotal aspects that should be thoroughly considered.
The innovations in planar configurations, such as paper-like, thin-film, origami, and spinel-like concepts have effectively rendered battery flexible. The new processing methods, like 3D …
With the rapid development of wearable electronics, it is desirable to design and develop flexible power supplies, especially rechargeable lithium ion batteries, with high …
To meet the increasing demand for energy storage, particularly from increasingly popular electric vehicles, intensified research is required to develop next-generation Li-ion batteries with ...
Herein, we systematically and comprehensively review the fundamentals and recent progresses of flexible batteries in terms of these important aspects. Specifically, we first …
This study presents a flexible, recyclable all-polymer aqueous battery, offering a sustainable solution for wearable energy storage. The resulting all-polyaniline aqueous sodium …
Because of the safety issues of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and considering the cost, they are unable to meet the growing demand for energy storage. Therefore, finding alternatives to LIBs has become a hot topic. As is …
To meet the increasing demand for energy storage, particularly from increasingly popular electric vehicles, intensified research is required to develop next-generation Li-ion …
Flexible energy storage devices based on graphene paper. Energy Environ. Sci., 4, 1277–83, 2011. ... New battery concepts have to be further developed to go beyond Li-ion …
Flexible batteries have applications in a growing number of fields, including wearable medical devices and biomedical sensors, flexible displays and smartwatches. Health …
Herein, we summarize the development of smart batteries based on multidimensional sensors. We outline the emerging cell-level flexible sensors, the possible …
Flexible batteries are essential flexible power sources for flexible and wearable electronic devices. An ideal flexible battery should have not only just high electrochemical performance but also …
The development of RT FSSBs with high energy density, low interfacial resistance, and superior flexibility is a significant step towards practical applications of flexible …
Large-scale all-polymer flexible batteries are fabricated with excellent flexibility and recyclability, heralding a paradigmatic approach to sustainable, wearable energy storage.
A flexible battery is a new battery technology capable of bending and folding without affecting its performance. These batteries are typically made from lightweight, thin materials, offering high …
Flexible batteries have applications in a growing number of fields, including …
For flexible Mg–air batteries, the use of an organic-aqueous double-layer gel electrolyte can protect the Mg anode and regulate the discharge products so that the battery …
In this review, we have presented a timely critical and comprehensive review …
The innovations in planar configurations, such as paper-like, thin-film, origami, and spinel-like concepts have effectively rendered battery flexible. The new …
Advanced energy materials for flexible batteries in energy storage: A review. November 2020; SmartMat 1(23 ... This is an open access article under the terms of the …
The heart of flexibility: Materials and structures. At the heart of these batteries lie flexible materials and innovative structures. The materials employed in the construction of …
With the rapid iteration and update of wearable flexible devices, high-energy-density flexible lithium-ion batteries are rapidly thriving. Flexibility, energy density, and safety …