Flexible and tailorable quasi‐solid‐state rechargeable Ag/Zn microbatteries with high performance

Abstract

Abstract The recent boom in flexible and wearable electronics requires their power sources not only to be adequately compact but also could undergo extreme deformation without significant degradation in performance. Here, flexible and tailorable quasi‐solid‐state microsized Ag/Zn batteries (micro‐AZBs) were designed by combining mask‐assisted spray printing and electrochemical deposition strategies. The micro‐AZBs display ultrastable output voltage, excellent energy, and power densities, as well as stable cycling performance. Furthermore, the micro‐AZBs with desired shapes can be designed in series or in parallel on a flexible chip to output improved voltage or current with the internal connection. More importantly, the microelectrodes could be sprayed on various substrates. Flexible micro‐AZBs could be achieved on flexible substrates and tailorable micro‐AZBs are obtained when they are fabricated on clothes. They exhibit stable electrochemical performance even under bending or cutting states. The novel design of such quasi‐solid‐state micro‐AZBs would pave a way for the miniaturization and integration of energy storage devices.

Keywords

• Ag/Zn microbattery
• flexibility
• tailorability