Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer
Textile batteries are of utmost interest for the emerging field of electronic textiles. Several research groups work on this topic, developing either fiber-based batteries or planar alternatives, e.g. by coating textile fabrics with metallic electrodes and an electrolyte between them. Since usual no...
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| author | Redon Resuli Ibrahim Turhan Andrea Ehrmann Tomasz Blachowicz |
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| description | Textile batteries are of utmost interest for the emerging field of electronic textiles. Several research groups work on this topic, developing either fiber-based batteries or planar alternatives, e.g. by coating textile fabrics with metallic electrodes and an electrolyte between them. Since usual non-toxic electrolytes are fluid, using them in a textile battery necessitates gelling them or embedding them in a sponge-like matrix to avoid diffusion through the textile electrodes. Here we report on measurements of textile batteries, prepared from different conductive woven fabrics with a nanofiber mat as an interlayer filled with iodine-triiodide solution. Firstly, the highest voltages were achieved combining metal electrodes with a carbon electrode, showing that the electrolyte in this system is part of the redox system. Second, the metal electrodes were destroyed after short times, suggesting that iodine-triiodide is not an ideal choice for an electrolyte, although this material is often used. Finally, we show that even without setting up the complete battery, the electrolyte slowly destroys the metal layers, while it is itself degraded by photo-oxidation, underlining the necessity to find non-toxic, environmentally-friendly alternatives for iodine-triiodide to enable long-term storage. Assuming non-solid state for electrolytes, the level of their confinement by different types of corrugated materials was tested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-18dada6cf1714ba69562abc83d8c022c2022-12-22T03:41:53ZengAIMS PressAIMS Energy2333-83262333-83342018-03-016226126810.3934/energy.2018.2.261.Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayerRedon Resuli0Ibrahim Turhan1Andrea Ehrmann2Tomasz Blachowicz31 Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics, ITES, Bielefeld, Germany1 Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics, ITES, Bielefeld, Germany1 Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics, ITES, Bielefeld, Germany2 Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics – Center of Science and Education, Gliwice, PolandTextile batteries are of utmost interest for the emerging field of electronic textiles. Several research groups work on this topic, developing either fiber-based batteries or planar alternatives, e.g. by coating textile fabrics with metallic electrodes and an electrolyte between them. Since usual non-toxic electrolytes are fluid, using them in a textile battery necessitates gelling them or embedding them in a sponge-like matrix to avoid diffusion through the textile electrodes. Here we report on measurements of textile batteries, prepared from different conductive woven fabrics with a nanofiber mat as an interlayer filled with iodine-triiodide solution. Firstly, the highest voltages were achieved combining metal electrodes with a carbon electrode, showing that the electrolyte in this system is part of the redox system. Second, the metal electrodes were destroyed after short times, suggesting that iodine-triiodide is not an ideal choice for an electrolyte, although this material is often used. Finally, we show that even without setting up the complete battery, the electrolyte slowly destroys the metal layers, while it is itself degraded by photo-oxidation, underlining the necessity to find non-toxic, environmentally-friendly alternatives for iodine-triiodide to enable long-term storage. Assuming non-solid state for electrolytes, the level of their confinement by different types of corrugated materials was tested.http://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/energy.2018.2.261./fulltext.htmltextile battery| nanofiber mat| electrolyte| redox process| electrospinning| iodine-triiodide |
| spellingShingle | Redon Resuli Ibrahim Turhan Andrea Ehrmann Tomasz Blachowicz Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer AIMS Energy textile battery| nanofiber mat| electrolyte| redox process| electrospinning| iodine-triiodide |
| title | Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| title_full | Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| title_fullStr | Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| title_short | Textile-based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| title_sort | textile based batteries with nanofiber interlayer |
| topic | textile battery| nanofiber mat| electrolyte| redox process| electrospinning| iodine-triiodide |
| url | http://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/energy.2018.2.261./fulltext.html |
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