Printable magnesium ion quasi-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors for flexible solar-charging integrated units

Zhengnan Tian; Xiaoling Tong; Guan Sheng; Yuanlong Shao; Lianghao Yu; Vincent Tung; Jingyu Sun; Richard B. Kaner; Zhongfan Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12900-4

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Printable magnesium ion quasi-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors for flexible solar-charging integrated units

Zhengnan Tian,
Xiaoling Tong,
Guan Sheng,
Yuanlong Shao,
Lianghao Yu,
Vincent Tung,
Jingyu Sun,
Richard B. Kaner,
Zhongfan Liu

Affiliations

Zhengnan Tian: College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University
Xiaoling Tong: College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University
Guan Sheng: College Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Yuanlong Shao: College Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Lianghao Yu: College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University
Vincent Tung: College Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jingyu Sun: College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University
Richard B. Kaner: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Zhongfan Liu: College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12900-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Wearable self-powered electronics receive considerable attention, but development is hindered by bulky designs, energy storage systems, and safety issues. Here the authors demonstrate a flexible solar-charging integrated unit based on printed magnesium ion aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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