scholarly journals A Self-Healing Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Anode for Alkali-Ion Batteries

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (46) ◽  
pp. 1804649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuelin Guo ◽  
Yu Ding ◽  
Leigang Xue ◽  
Leyuan Zhang ◽  
Changkun Zhang ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1854-1861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingpeng Wu ◽  
Lu Huang ◽  
Xingkang Huang ◽  
Xiaoru Guo ◽  
Dan Liu ◽  
...  

Benefiting from fluidity and surface tension, materials in a liquid form are one of the best candidates for self-healing applications.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Weldejewergis Gebrewahid Kidanu ◽  
Jaehyun Hur ◽  
Il Tae Kim

Owing to their intrinsic properties, such as deformability, high electrical conductivity, and superior electrochemical performance, room-temperature liquid metals and liquid metal alloys have attracted the attention of researchers for a wide variety of applications, including portable and large-scale energy storage applications. In this study, novel gallium-indium-tin eutectic (EGaInSn) room-temperature liquid metal nanoparticles synthesized using a facile and scalable probe-ultrasonication method were used as anode material in lithium-ion batteries. The morphology, geometry, and self-healing properties of the synthesized room-temperature liquid metal nanoparticles were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS and TEM/EDS). The synthesized room-temperature liquid metal nanoparticles delivered a specific capacity of 474 mAh g–1 and retained 77% of the stable reversible capacity after 500 galvanostatic charge-discharge cycles at a constant current density of 0.1 A g–1. The high theoretical specific capacity, combined with its self-healing and fluidic features, make EGaInSn room-temperature liquid metal nanoparticles a potential anode material for large-scale energy storage applications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (46) ◽  
pp. 26393-26400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary J. Farrell ◽  
Nina Reger ◽  
Ian Anderson ◽  
Ellen Gawalt ◽  
Christopher Tabor

2021 ◽  
pp. 103062
Author(s):  
Honghao Liu ◽  
Weixin Zhang ◽  
Ji Tu ◽  
Qigao Han ◽  
Yaqing Guo ◽  
...  

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2639 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Wissman ◽  
Kaushik Sampath ◽  
Simon E. Freeman ◽  
Charles A. Rohde

Submersible robotics have improved in efficiency and versatility by incorporating features found in aquatic life, ranging from thunniform kinematics to shark skin textures. To fully realize these benefits, sensor systems must be incorporated to aid in object detection and navigation through complex flows. Again, inspiration can be taken from biology, drawing on the lateral line sensor systems and neuromast structures found on fish. To maintain a truly soft-bodied robot, a man-made flow sensor must be developed that is entirely complaint, introducing no rigidity to the artificial “skin.” We present a capacitive cupula inspired by superficial neuromasts. Fabricated via lost wax methods and vacuum injection, our 5 mm tall device exhibits a sensitivity of 0.5 pF/mm (capacitance versus tip deflection) and consists of room temperature liquid metal plates embedded in a soft silicone body. In contrast to existing capacitive examples, our sensor incorporates the transducers into the cupula itself rather than at its base. We present a kinematic theory and energy-based approach to approximate capacitance versus flow, resulting in equations that are verified with a combination of experiments and COMSOL simulations.


Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (25) ◽  
pp. 5801-5805
Author(s):  
Wilson Kong ◽  
Najam Ul Hassan Shah ◽  
Taylor V. Neumann ◽  
Man Hou Vong ◽  
Praveen Kotagama ◽  
...  

The fracturing and incorporation of liquid gallium surface oxides during shear mixing in air enables the stabilization of air bubbles within gallium which leads to the formation of a room-temperature liquid metal foam.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinwu Gao ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Jinjie Zhang ◽  
Zhenwen Xie ◽  
Jinyong Zhang ◽  
...  

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