Roll-to-roll fabrication of organic nanorod electrodes for sodium ion batteries

By Chao Luo and Jingjing Wang and Xiulin Fan and Yujie Zhu and Fudong Han and Liumin Suo and Chunsheng Wang
Published in Nano Energy NULL 2015

Abstract

Organic electroactive materials derived from biomasses are promising candidates for next generation rechargeable batteries due to the low cost, sustainability and environmental benignity. Since organic materials have very low electronic conductivity, they are normally synthesized into nano-scale and mixed with conductive carbon before electrode fabrication. Herein, we first reported a unique role-to-role fabrication technology by taking advantage of the high solubility of organic materials in water. The synthetic process of nano-size organic materials is merged into the organic electrode fabrication process. 2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone disodium salt (DHBQDS) is used as a model, and the \DHBQDS\ nanorod electrode is in situ formed by precipitating \DHBQDS\ nanorods from DHBQDS

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