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Vol. 13 (2021)

Printable Zinc-Ion Hybrid Micro-Capacitors for Flexible Self-Powered Integrated Units

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00546-7
Juan Zeng
State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Liubing Dong
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, People’s Republic of China
Lulu Sun
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Wen Wang
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Yinhua Zhou
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Lu Wei
State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Xin Guo
State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xin Guo

xguo@hust.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 19

Abstract

Wearable self-powered systems integrated with energy conversion and storage devices such as solar-charging power units arouse widespread concerns in scientific and industrial realms. However, their applications are hampered by the restrictions of unbefitting size matching between integrated modules, limited tolerance to the variation of input current, reliability, and safety issues. Herein, flexible solar-charging self-powered units based on printed Zn-ion hybrid micro-capacitor as the energy storage module is developed. Unique 3D micro-/nano-architecture of the biomass kelp-carbon combined with multivalent ion (Zn2+) storage endows the aqueous Zn-ion hybrid capacitor with high specific capacity (196.7 mAh g−1 at 0.1 A g−1). By employing an in-plane asymmetric printing technique, the fabricated quasi-solid-state Zn-ion hybrid micro-capacitors exhibit high rate, long life and energy density up to 8.2 μWh cm−2. After integrating the micro-capacitor with organic solar cells, the derived self-powered system presents outstanding energy conversion/storage efficiency (ηoverall = 17.8%), solar-charging cyclic stability (95% after 100 cycles), wide current tolerance, and good mechanical flexibility. Such portable, wearable, and green integrated units offer new insights into design of advanced self-powered systems toward the goal of developing highly safe, economic, stable, and long-life smart wearable electronics.


Highlights:


1 This work is a new guide for the design of on-chip energy integrated systems toward the goal of developing highly safe, economic, and long-life smart wearable electronics.
2 The biomass kelp-carbon based on unique 3D micro-/nanostructure combined with multivalent ion storage contributes to high capacity of the Zn-ion hybrid capacitor.
3 The flexible solar-charging self-powered system with printed Zn-ion hybrid micro-capacitor as energy storage module exhibits fast photoelectric conversion/storage rate, good mechanical robustness, and cyclic stability.

Keywords

Zinc-ion hybrid capacitor Kelp-carbon Zinc metal anode Multivalent ion storage Self-powered unit
Zeng, Juan, Liubing Dong, Lulu Sun, Wen Wang, Yinhua Zhou, Lu Wei, and Xin Guo. 2020. “Printable Zinc-Ion Hybrid Micro-Capacitors for Flexible Self-Powered Integrated Units”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (November):19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00546-7.
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