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Room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries

Flexibility has become a certain trend in the development of secondary batteries to meet the requirements of wide portability and applicability. On account of their intrinsic high energy density, flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries are attracting increasing interest. Although great advances ha...

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Autores principales: Ren, Long, Zhang, Bin‐Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10190926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37325500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20210182
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description Flexibility has become a certain trend in the development of secondary batteries to meet the requirements of wide portability and applicability. On account of their intrinsic high energy density, flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries are attracting increasing interest. Although great advances have been made in promoting the electrochemical performance of metal‐S or metal‐Se batteries, explorations on flexible chalcogen‐based batteries are still limited. Extensive and rational use of soft materials for electrodes is the main bottleneck. The re‐emergence of safe liquid metals (LMs), which provide an ideal combination of metallic and fluidic properties at room temperature, offers a fascinating paradigm for constructing flexible chalcogen batteries. They may provide dendrite‐free anodes and restrain the dissolution of polysulfides and polyselenides for cathodes. From this perspective, we elaborate on the appealing features of LMs for the construction of flexible metal‐chalcogen batteries. Recent advances on LM‐based battery are discussed, covering novel liquid alkali metals as anodes and LM‐sulfur hybrids as cathodes, with the focus placed on durable high‐energy‐density output and self‐healing flexible capability. At last, perspectives are proposed on the future development of LM‐based chalcogen batteries, and the viable strategies to meet the current challenges that are obstructing more practical flexible chalcogen batteries.
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spelling pubmed-101909262023-06-14 Room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries Ren, Long Zhang, Bin‐Wei Exploration (Beijing) Perspective Flexibility has become a certain trend in the development of secondary batteries to meet the requirements of wide portability and applicability. On account of their intrinsic high energy density, flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries are attracting increasing interest. Although great advances have been made in promoting the electrochemical performance of metal‐S or metal‐Se batteries, explorations on flexible chalcogen‐based batteries are still limited. Extensive and rational use of soft materials for electrodes is the main bottleneck. The re‐emergence of safe liquid metals (LMs), which provide an ideal combination of metallic and fluidic properties at room temperature, offers a fascinating paradigm for constructing flexible chalcogen batteries. They may provide dendrite‐free anodes and restrain the dissolution of polysulfides and polyselenides for cathodes. From this perspective, we elaborate on the appealing features of LMs for the construction of flexible metal‐chalcogen batteries. Recent advances on LM‐based battery are discussed, covering novel liquid alkali metals as anodes and LM‐sulfur hybrids as cathodes, with the focus placed on durable high‐energy‐density output and self‐healing flexible capability. At last, perspectives are proposed on the future development of LM‐based chalcogen batteries, and the viable strategies to meet the current challenges that are obstructing more practical flexible chalcogen batteries. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10190926/ /pubmed/37325500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20210182 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Exploration published by Henan University and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries
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title_full_unstemmed Room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries
title_short Room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries
title_sort room temperature liquid metals for flexible alkali metal‐chalcogen batteries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10190926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37325500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20210182
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