• 文献标题:   A primary battery-on-a-chip using monolayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IOST RM, CRESPILHO FN, KERN K, BALASUBRAMANIAN K
  • 作者关键词:   battery, graphene, lab on a chip, energy storage, electrodeposition, functionalization
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Max Planck Inst Solid State Res
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/27/29/29LT01
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We present here a bottom-up approach for realizing on-chip on-demand batteries starting out with chemical vapor deposition-grown graphene. Single graphene monolayers contacted by electrode lines on a silicon chip serve as electrodes. The anode and cathode are realized by electrodeposition of zinc and copper respectively onto graphene, leading to the realization of a miniature graphene-based Daniell cell on a chip. The electrolyte is housed partly in a gel and partly in liquid form in an on-chip enclosure molded using a 3d printer or made out of poly (dimethylsiloxane). The realized batteries provide a stable voltage (similar to 1.1 V) for many hours and exhibit capacities as high as 15 mu Ah, providing enough power to operate a pocket calculator. The realized batteries show promise for deployment as on-chip power sources for autonomous systems in lab-on-a-chip or biomedical applications.