An Environmentally Friendly and Flexible Aqueous Zinc Battery Using an Organic Cathode

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 57; no. 36; pp. 11737 - 11741
• Main Authors: Guo, Zhaowei, Ma, Yuanyuan, Dong, Xiaoli, Huang, Jianhang, Wang, Yonggang, Xia, Yongyao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 03.09.2018
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Aqueous electrolytes; Batteries; Cathodes; Electric devices; Electrode materials; Electrolytes; Electronic devices; Electronic equipment; Energy storage; flexible batteries; Flux density; Life span; Lithium; low toxicity; organic electrodes; Pyrene; Rechargeable batteries; Specific capacity; Storage batteries; Toxicity; wearable devices; Wearable technology; Zinc; zinc batteries; wearable devices; organic electrodes; zinc batteries; flexible batteries; low toxicity

Rechargeable batteries have been used to power various electric devices and store energy from renewables, but their toxic components (namely, electrode materials, electrolyte, and separator) generally cause serious environment issues when disused. Such toxicity characteristic makes them difficult to...