Additive-free electrode fabrication with reduced graphene oxide using supersonic kinetic spray for flexible lithium-ion batteries

Seong Dae Kim, Jong Gun Lee, Tae Gun Kim, Kuldeep Rana, Jong Yeob Jeong, Jong Hyeok Park, Sam S. Yoon, Jong Hyun Ahn

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    Abstract

    Thin, lightweight, and flexible lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are emerging as a promising power source for high-performance flexible electronics. However, their technological drawbacks have hindered the development of fully flexible electronics because of a lack of reliable electrode materials that combine superior electrochemical properties with mechanical flexibility. As a solution to this problem, we herein demonstrate an additive-free electrode fabrication process, where reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is coated onto a current collector using a supersonic kinetic spray technique (spray-rGO). The spray-rGO demonstrates outstanding mechanical and electrochemical properties compared to those of rGO electrodes fabricated using the conventional process. Moreover, despite being fabricated without any binders, spray-rGO exhibits high adhesion energy, which enables the fabrication of highly flexible electrodes with no structural deterioration or capacity degradation. This approach to fabricate additive-free flexible electrodes, which results in electrodes that satisfy other important criteria such as high rate capability, long-term cyclability, and facile and fast fabrication, is a prospective method for developing high-performance flexible LIBs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)195-204
    Number of pages10
    JournalCarbon
    Volume139
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Nov

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2015R1A3A2066337 and CASE2014M3A6A5060933) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea.

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2015R1A3A2066337 and CASE2014M3A6A5060933 ) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

    Keywords

    • Adhesion energy
    • Flexible electronics
    • Flexible energy storages
    • Lithium ion batteries
    • Reduced graphene oxide

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Materials Science

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