Electrochemical Capacitors with High Output Voltages that Mimic Electric Eels

Hao Sun; Xuemei Fu; Songlin Xie; Yishu Jiang; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1002/adma.201505742

Electrochemical Capacitors with High Output Voltages that Mimic Electric Eels

Adv Mater. 2016 Mar 9;28(10):2070-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201505742. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Authors

Hao Sun¹, Xuemei Fu¹, Songlin Xie¹, Yishu Jiang¹, Huisheng Peng¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.

PMID: 26766594
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505742

Abstract

A new family of energy-storage devices is created by mimicking the electric eel to obtain a high output voltage. These novel energy-storage devices are flexible, stretchable, and weavable fibers, which satisfies the needs of next-generation portable and wearable electronics. The devices are fabricated via a continuous fabrication technology to effectively power electronic watches and light-emitting diodes as two examples.

Keywords: electric eel; energy storage; fiber-shaped; high voltage; supercapacitors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electric Capacitance*
Electrolytes / chemistry
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry
Polyvinyl Alcohol / chemistry

Substances

Electrolytes
Nanotubes, Carbon
Polyvinyl Alcohol