Kirigami-based stretchable lithium-ion batteries

Zeming Song, Xu Wang, Cheng Lv, Yonghao An, Mengbing Liang, Teng Ma, David He, Ying Jie Zheng, Shi Qing Huang, Hongyu Yu, Hanqing Jiang*

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Abstract

We have produced stretchable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using the concept of kirigami, i.e., a combination of folding and cutting. The designated kirigami patterns have been discovered and implemented to achieve great stretchability (over 150%) to LIBs that are produced by standardized battery manufacturing. It is shown that fracture due to cutting and folding is suppressed by plastic rolling, which provides kirigami LIBs excellent electrochemical and mechanical characteristics. The kirigami LIBs have demonstrated the capability to be integrated and power a smart watch, which may disruptively impact the field of wearable electronics by offering extra physical and functionality design spaces.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10988
JournalScientific Reports
Volume5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

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