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New stable monomeric germanium(II) and tin(II) compounds M(OCH 2 CH 2 NMe 2 ) 2 (M ) Ge (1); M ) Sn (2)), stabilized by two intramolecular coordination MrN bonds and containing no bulky groups on the metal atoms, were synthesized. The molecular and crystal structures of these compounds, and that of the previously synthesized compound (ArO) 2 Sn (3; Ar ) 2,4,6-(Me 2 NCH 2 ) 3 C 6 H 2 ), were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The electronic structures of 1 and 2 were studied by the DFT method.

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Self‐standing electrodes are the key to realize flexible Li‐ion batteries. However, fabrication of self‐standing cathodes is still a major challenge. In this work, porous LiCoO2 nanosheet arrays are grown on Au‐coated stainless steel (Au/SS) substrates via a facile “hydrothermal lithiation” method using Co3O4 nanosheet arrays as the template followed by quick annealing in air. The binder‐free and self‐standing LiCoO2 nanosheet arrays represent the 3D cathode and exhibit superior rate capability and cycling stability. In specific, the LiCoO2 nanosheet array electrode can deliver a high reversible capacity of 104.6 mA h g−1 at 10 C rate and achieve a capacity retention of 81.8% at 0.1 C rate after 1000 cycles. By coupling with Li4Ti5O12 nanosheet arrays as anode, an all‐nanosheet array based LiCoO2//Li4Ti5O12 flexible Li‐ion battery is constructed. Benefiting from the 3D nanoarchitectures for both cathode and anode, the flexible LiCoO2//Li4Ti5O12 battery can deliver large specific reversible capacities of 130.7 mA h g−1 at 0.1 C rate and 85.3 mA h g−1 at 10 C rate (based on the weight of cathode material). The full cell device also exhibits good cycling stability with 80.5% capacity retention after 1000 cycles at 0.1 C rate, making it promising for the application in flexible Li‐ion batteries.