1. Solution-processed organic PDI/CB/TPU cathodes for flexible lithium ion batteries.
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Ma, Lie, Lu, Deng, Yang, Peng, Xi, Xin, Liu, Ruili, and Wu, Dongqing
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CARBON-black , *LITHIUM-ion batteries , *CATHODES , *STORAGE batteries - Abstract
Flexible organic cathodes with 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) as the active component, carbon black (CB) as the conductive agent and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) as the elastomeric matrix are obtained in this work via a solution-based phase inversion approach. In the resulting PDI/CB/TPU cathodes, the mass ratios of the three components manifest profound influences on their composition, flexibility, conductivity and lithium storage behavior. The integrated PDI/CB/TPU cathode with optimized ratio can deliver impressive rate capability and good cycling stability in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). More importantly, the full LIBs with PDI/CB/TPU cathode and carbon cloth anode exhibit excellent electrochemical performances, which show no decay even at bending states, demonstrating the appealing prospects of the solution-processed organic cathodes in wearable secondary batteries. Obtained from a solution-based phase inversion approach, the flexible PDI/CB/TPU cathodes manifest excellent electrochemical performances and good mechanical stability in lithium ion batteries. Image 1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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