Fiber-shaped batteries that feature outstanding flexibility,light weight,and wovenability are extremely attractive for powering smart wearable electronic textiles,which further stimulates their demand in extreme envir...Fiber-shaped batteries that feature outstanding flexibility,light weight,and wovenability are extremely attractive for powering smart wearable electronic textiles,which further stimulates their demand in extreme environments.However,there are rare reports on ultralow-temperature fiber batteries to date.This is mainly attributed to the poor conductivity of electrodes and freezing of electrolytes that restrain their satisfactory flexible operation in cold environments.Herein,we propose a fiber cooper metal battery consisting of a conductive polyaniline cathode,an anti-freezing Cu(BF4)2+H3PO4electrolyte and an acidresistant copper wire anode,which can withstand various deformations at ultralow temperatures.Impressively,enhanced capacity and cyclic stability can be achieved by cryoactivated abundant reactive sites in the polyaniline,while benefiting from redox reactions with rapid kinetics involving protons rather than copper ions.Consequently,this well-designed polyaniline/Cu fiber battery delivers excellent flexibility without obvious capacity decay after being bent at-30℃,as well as a remarkable discharge capacity of 120.1 mA h g-1and a capacity retention of 96.8%after 2000 cycles at-50℃.The fiber batteries integrated into wearable textiles can power various electronic devices.These performances greatly outperform those of most reported works.Overall,this work provides a promising strategy toward applications of cryogenic wearable energy storage devices.展开更多
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52273171 and 21875055)the Shenzhen Research Foundation Project(GXWD20201230155427003)。
文摘Fiber-shaped batteries that feature outstanding flexibility,light weight,and wovenability are extremely attractive for powering smart wearable electronic textiles,which further stimulates their demand in extreme environments.However,there are rare reports on ultralow-temperature fiber batteries to date.This is mainly attributed to the poor conductivity of electrodes and freezing of electrolytes that restrain their satisfactory flexible operation in cold environments.Herein,we propose a fiber cooper metal battery consisting of a conductive polyaniline cathode,an anti-freezing Cu(BF4)2+H3PO4electrolyte and an acidresistant copper wire anode,which can withstand various deformations at ultralow temperatures.Impressively,enhanced capacity and cyclic stability can be achieved by cryoactivated abundant reactive sites in the polyaniline,while benefiting from redox reactions with rapid kinetics involving protons rather than copper ions.Consequently,this well-designed polyaniline/Cu fiber battery delivers excellent flexibility without obvious capacity decay after being bent at-30℃,as well as a remarkable discharge capacity of 120.1 mA h g-1and a capacity retention of 96.8%after 2000 cycles at-50℃.The fiber batteries integrated into wearable textiles can power various electronic devices.These performances greatly outperform those of most reported works.Overall,this work provides a promising strategy toward applications of cryogenic wearable energy storage devices.
