Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Printed batteries are increasingly being investigated for feeding small, wearable devices more and more involved in our daily lives, promoting the study of printing technologies. Among these, gravure is very attractive as a low-cost and low-waste production method for functional layers in different...
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| description | Printed batteries are increasingly being investigated for feeding small, wearable devices more and more involved in our daily lives, promoting the study of printing technologies. Among these, gravure is very attractive as a low-cost and low-waste production method for functional layers in different fields, such as energy, sensors, and biomedical, because it is easy to scale up industrially. Thanks to our research, the feasibility of gravure printing was recently proved for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) manufacturing. Such studies allowed the production of high-quality electrodes involving different active materials with high stability, reproducibility, and good performance. Going beyond lithium-based storage devices, our attention was devoted on the possibility of employing highly sustainable gravure printing for sodium-ion batteries (NaBs) manufacturing, following the trendy interest in sodium, which is more abundant, economical, and ecofriendly than lithium. Here a study on gravure printed anodes for sodium-ion batteries based on hard carbon as an active material is presented and discussed. Thanks to our methodology centered on the capillary number, a high printing quality anodic layer was produced providing typical electrochemical behavior and good performance. Such results are very innovative and relevant in the field of sodium-ion batteries and further demonstrate the high potential of gravure in printed battery manufacturing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7f6ccfa6e2ef4eda81caf5c02be028c02024-11-26T17:51:08ZengMDPI AGBatteries2313-01052024-11-01101140710.3390/batteries10110407Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion BatteriesMaria Montanino0Claudia Paoletti1Anna De Girolamo Del Mauro2Giuliano Sico3ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici Research Centre, Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055 Portici, ItalyENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Roma, ItalyENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici Research Centre, Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055 Portici, ItalyENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici Research Centre, Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055 Portici, ItalyPrinted batteries are increasingly being investigated for feeding small, wearable devices more and more involved in our daily lives, promoting the study of printing technologies. Among these, gravure is very attractive as a low-cost and low-waste production method for functional layers in different fields, such as energy, sensors, and biomedical, because it is easy to scale up industrially. Thanks to our research, the feasibility of gravure printing was recently proved for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) manufacturing. Such studies allowed the production of high-quality electrodes involving different active materials with high stability, reproducibility, and good performance. Going beyond lithium-based storage devices, our attention was devoted on the possibility of employing highly sustainable gravure printing for sodium-ion batteries (NaBs) manufacturing, following the trendy interest in sodium, which is more abundant, economical, and ecofriendly than lithium. Here a study on gravure printed anodes for sodium-ion batteries based on hard carbon as an active material is presented and discussed. Thanks to our methodology centered on the capillary number, a high printing quality anodic layer was produced providing typical electrochemical behavior and good performance. Such results are very innovative and relevant in the field of sodium-ion batteries and further demonstrate the high potential of gravure in printed battery manufacturing.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/10/11/407printed batteriessodium-ion batterieshard carbongravure printingcapillary numberanodes |
| spellingShingle | Maria Montanino Claudia Paoletti Anna De Girolamo Del Mauro Giuliano Sico Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries Batteries printed batteries sodium-ion batteries hard carbon gravure printing capillary number anodes |
| title | Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| title_full | Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| title_fullStr | Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| title_short | Gravure-Printed Anodes Based on Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| title_sort | gravure printed anodes based on hard carbon for sodium ion batteries |
| topic | printed batteries sodium-ion batteries hard carbon gravure printing capillary number anodes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/10/11/407 |
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