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Vol. 12 (2020)

High-Voltage Flexible Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery with Extremely Low Dropout Voltage and Super-Flat Platform

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0414-6
Zhe Chen
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Panpan Wang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Zhenyuan Ji
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Hua Wang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Jie Liu
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Jiaqi Wang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Mengmeng Hu
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
Yan Huang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Yan Huang

yanhuanglib@hit.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 75

Abstract

Flexible rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted extensive attentions in the energy storage field due to their high safety, environmental friendliness, and outstanding electrochemical performance while the exploration of high-voltage aqueous ZIBs with excellent rate capability is still a great challenge for the further application them in flexible and wearable electronics. Herein, we fabricated a 2.4 V high-voltage flexible aqueous ZIB, being among the highest voltage reported in aqueous ZIBs. Moreover, it exhibits extremely flat charging/discharging voltage platforms and the dropout voltage is only 0.1 V, which is the smallest gap in all aqueous batteries to our best knowledge. Furthermore, the prepared ZIB performs high rate capability of 25 C and energy density of 120 Wh kg−1 and exhibits excellent safety under various destructive conditions including hammering, sewing, punching, and soaking. These extraordinary results indicate the great application potential of our high-voltage flexible aqueous ZIB in wearable electronics.


Highlights:


1 A 2.4 V high-voltage flexible aqueous ZIB was fabricated, and superiors performances were achieved: extremely flat charging/discharging voltage plateaus (1.9/1.8 V), the smallest plateau voltage gap of 0.1 V, high energy density of 120 Wh kg−1, high power density of 3700 W kg−1, and excellent rate capability of 25 C.
2 The battery posed application potential in wearable electronics with extreme safety against tough destructions including hammering, sewing, punching, and soaking.

Keywords

Flexible Aqueous zinc-ion battery High voltage Flat platform Rate capability
Chen, Zhe, Panpan Wang, Zhenyuan Ji, Hua Wang, Jie Liu, Jiaqi Wang, Mengmeng Hu, and Yan Huang. 2020. “High-Voltage Flexible Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery With Extremely Low Dropout Voltage and Super-Flat Platform”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (March):75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-0414-6.
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