Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 56, Issue 27, Pages 7871-7875Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704373
Keywords
batteries; cooling recovery; polymer electrolytes; sol-gel processes; thermoreversible gels
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21601195, 51625204, 21671196]
- Qingdao Science and Technology Program [17-1-1-30-jch]
- Qingdao Key Lab of Solar Energy Utilization & Energy Storage Technology
- China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- SERB, New Delhi [SB/FT/CS-173/2011]
- UGC, New Delhi
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Flexible batteries are essential for wearable electronic devices. To meet practical applications, they need to be mechanically robust and stable. However, strong or multiple bending may sever the interfacial contact between electrode and electrolyte, causing capacity fading or even battery failure. Herein we present a new cooling-recovery concept for flexible batteries, which involves a temperature-sensitive sol-gel transition behavior of the thermoreversible polymer hydrogel electrolyte. Once a battery has suffered from strong mechanical stresses, a simple cooling process can refresh the electrode-electrolyte interface. The energy-storage capability can be recovered with a healing efficiency higher than 98%. It is believed that this study not only offers new valuable insights, but also opens up new perspectives to develop functional wearable devices.
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