High‐Performance Packaged 3D Lithium‐Ion Microbatteries Fabricated Using Imprint Lithography

Abstract

Fabrication of high‐energy‐density and high‐power‐density packaged long‐cycle‐life rechargeable microbatteries remains a considerable challenge. Here, high‐performance microbatteries with high active volume fraction, thick, 3D‐structured electrodes (V2O5 cathode and Li metal anode) are realized through a combination of imprint lithography, self‐assembly, and electrodeposition. To assist the critical challenge of hermetic packaging, the microbattery is infilled with a gel electrolyte. The packaged cell exhibits high areal energy and power densities of 1.24 J cm−2 and 75.5 mW cm−2, respectively, and can be cycled 550 times in argon or 200 times in air with 75% capacity retention of the initial discharge capacity. An unpackaged cell, using a liquid electrolyte, provides a power density of 218 mW cm−2. As far as it is known, the microbatteries have the highest peak power density among all reported microbatteries.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 26, 2020
Source ID
10.1002/adma.202006229

Entities

People

  • Jinyou Shao
  • Paul V Braun
  • Pengcheng Sun
  • Xiangming Li

Organizations

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • National Science Foundation
  • United States Army
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.