Paper-based, printed zinc–air battery

Hilder, Matthias; Winther‐Jensen, Bjorn; Clark, Noel

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.06.054

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“…devices on paper (e.g., ring oscillators 38 and transistors [39][40][41][42][43] , Figure 2C Recent academic demonstrations have shown the storage of energy with paper-based supercapacitors 45 and batteries [46][47][48] , and the generation of power by solar cells 49 ( Figure 2D). …”

Section: Paper-based Electronic Systemsmentioning

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Paper-based electroanalytical devices for accessible diagnostic testing

Maxwell

Mazzeo

Whitesides³

2013

MRS Bull.

186

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Section: Paper-based Electronic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paper-based electroanalytical devices for accessible diagnostic testing

Maxwell

Mazzeo

Whitesides³

2013

MRS Bull.

186

126

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“…Zn-MnO 2 batteries, 8 lithium ion batteries 9 and Zn-air batteries. 10 Hilder et al 10 fabricated a Zn-air battery based on paper and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrates by screen-printing a zinc/carbon/polymer composite anode, polymerising a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) cathode and inkjet-printing a lithium chloride electrolyte. The battery on PEN substrate provided a discharge capacity of 1.4 mAh·cm −2 .…”

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Development of a High Energy Density Flexible Zinc-Air Battery

Suren

Kheawhom

2016

J. Electrochem. Soc.

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This work involved the development of a high energy density flexible zinc-air battery by means of an inexpensive screen-printing technique. A very thin and highly porous cathode gas diffusion layer (GDL) fabricated by screen-printing of carbon black ink promoted oxygen permeability, resulting in a better and more efficient three-phase reaction zone. Moreover, a cathode current collector (printed using nano-silver ink) also functioned as a catalyst layer. The incorporation of this layer enabled the printed battery to be capable of high rates of discharge by promoting oxygen reduction reaction which has a decisive impact on its performance. The thickness of the GDL can be manipulated by adjusting the composition of the carbon black ink. The fabricated battery with 30 μm GDL provided an open-circuit voltage of 1.45 V and 15 -185 mA·cm −2 ohmic loss zone and demonstrated high energy density of 682 Wh·kg −1 . Furthermore, the battery was tested for its flexibility by bending it and discharging it at 2.0 mA·cm −2 . The results showed that upon bending, the battery showed no difference in characteristics of voltage or discharging time. A battery is used as an energy source for many portable devices. However, an important drawback of batteries used today is that they have low energy density whereas high energy density batteries are relatively expensive. In addition, safety and environmental impacts throughout their life cycle are also important issues. Many researchers, therefore, focus on the fabrication of a high energy density battery having lower costs and being more environmental friendly. Zinc-air batteries hold the greatest promise for future energy applications.2 These batteries use relatively inexpensive and environmentally friendly raw materials. Moreover, they have high energy densities (1,084 Wh·kg −1 ). In addition, they use an aqueous solvent and zinc (Zn) 3 which is relatively stable in an aqueous and alkaline media without significant corrosion.Zn-air battery cells basically consist of current collectors for both anode and cathode, an anode electrode containing zinc metal, a cathode electrode consisting of a gas diffusion layer (GDL) and a catalyst layer, and a separator soaked with electrolyte. All these components must be developed to ensure high performance of battery and ease of fabrication.Printing is a promising technique to fabricate electronic devices [4][5][6][7] and batteries due to its simplicity and environmental friendliness. 10 fabricated a Zn-air battery based on paper and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrates by screen-printing a zinc/carbon/polymer composite anode, polymerising a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) cathode and inkjet-printing a lithium chloride electrolyte. The battery on PEN substrate provided a discharge capacity of 1.4 mAh·cm −2 . However, the battery on paper substrate showed an open-circuit voltage of 1.2 V and a discharge capacity of 0.5 mAh·cm −2 . The performance of the thin-film Zn-air battery was further improved using sodium silicate as a binder for...

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“…This is due to the sizes of the cartridge nozzles, surface tension and nano-ink viscosity, the adhesive properties of the substrate and precision of the stepper motors of the printer. Nowadays, using such printed installations and nano-ink, specializing companies and individual research teams print the majority of microelectronics' element base: capacitors, accumulators, conductive lines, LEDs and the others [5][6][7]. Besides, some experiments on printing LEDs, transistors on the flexible transparent polymer substrates are described in literature.…”

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The Dispersions of Nanoparticles in Water-Organic Solvents as the Basis for the Silver Nano-Ink for Ink-Jet Printing

Ткачев¹,

Kim²,

Kushnir³

et al. 2016

RENSIT

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Abstract. The work is aimed to solve the problem of developing functional silver nano-ink applied in ink-jet technology in printed flexible electronics, as well as to demonstrate printing results and their discussion. The development of functional compounds for printing is a fundamentally new approach to the production of flexible electronic devices for the military and civil industry. As a part of the work special attention is paid to the preparation of aqueous and organic dispersions of silver nanoparticles, the study of the various factors which affect the size and characteristics of the nanoparticles, methods of concentrating the standard dispersions to obtain nano-ink, printing the conductive structures by synthesized nano-ink and research of the printed elements' properties. These results give an opportunity to develop silver nano-ink and adapt it for printing on various substrates (including flexible polymeric ones) by specialized equipment.

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Paper-based, printed zinc–air battery

Cited by 152 publications

References 6 publications

Paper-based electroanalytical devices for accessible diagnostic testing

Paper-based electroanalytical devices for accessible diagnostic testing

Development of a High Energy Density Flexible Zinc-Air Battery

The Dispersions of Nanoparticles in Water-Organic Solvents as the Basis for the Silver Nano-Ink for Ink-Jet Printing

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