Electrochemical Capacitors with High Output Voltages that Mimic Electric Eels.

Sun, Hao; Fu, Xuemei; Xie, Songlin; Jiang, Yishu; Peng, Huisheng · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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