Journal
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
Volume 24, Issue -, Pages 676-681Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.08.003
Keywords
Multifunctional energy storage; Structural battery; Carbon fiber; Lithium-ion battery; CubeSats
Funding
- NASA [NNX16AT48A]
- NSF [1445197]
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Here we demonstrate a multifunctional battery platform where lithium-ion battery active materials are combined with carbon fiber weave materials to form energy storage composites using traditional layup methods. This design utilizes epoxy resin as a packaging medium for the battery and the carbon fibers as both a conductive current collector and structurally reinforcing layer. These composites exhibit energy density surpassing 35 Wh/kg relative to combined active and inactive composite materials, stable full-cell cycling, and mechanical properties including tensile strength of 213 MPa and Young's modulus of similar to 1.8 MPa/(Delta l/l). Structural battery panels developed from this approach are demonstrated as an integrated power delivery platform for a 1U CubeSat frame to augment or replace interior external battery packs. Overall, this approach shows a new path for battery integration into systems where the inactive materials for energy storage are the active composite structural materials.
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