Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries

Zinc batteries are a more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to its components being highly recyclable. With the improvements in the screen printing technology, high quality devices can be printed with at high throughput and precision at a lower cost compared to those manufactured...

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Main Authors: Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Nazri, Muhamad Aiman, Lim, L. M., Ali, M. Y. Tura, Mansor, I., Suhaimi, M. I., Othman, R., Meskon, S. R., Samsudin, Z.
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spelling my.iium.irep.903952021-06-22T08:25:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/ Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries Nordin, Anis Nurashikin Nazri, Muhamad Aiman Lim, L. M. Ali, M. Y. Tura Mansor, I. Suhaimi, M. I. Othman, R. Meskon, S. R. Samsudin, Z. TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Zinc batteries are a more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to its components being highly recyclable. With the improvements in the screen printing technology, high quality devices can be printed with at high throughput and precision at a lower cost compared to those manufactured using lithographic techniques. In this paper we describe the fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries. Different binder materials such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and polyvinyl butyral (PVB), were used to fabricate the electrodes. The electrodes were first evaluated using three-electrode cyclic voltammetry, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy before being fully assembled and tested using charge-discharge test and two-electrode cyclic voltammetry. The results show that the printed ZnO electrode with PVB as binder performed better than PVP-based ZnO. The XRD data prove that the electro-active materials were successfully transferred to the sample. However, based on the evaluation, the results show that the cathode electrode was dominated by the silver instead of Ni(OH)2, which leads the sample to behave like a silver-zinc battery instead of a nickel-zinc battery. Nevertheless, the printed zinc battery electrodes were successfully evaluated, and more current collector materials for cathode should be explored for printed nickel-zinc batteries. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in collaboration with IAES Indonesia Section 2021-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/1/90395_Fabrication%20and%20characterization%20of%20printed%20zinc%20batteries.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/2/90395_Fabrication%20and%20characterization%20of%20printed%20zinc%20batteries_SCOPUS.pdf Nordin, Anis Nurashikin and Nazri, Muhamad Aiman and Lim, L. M. and Ali, M. Y. Tura and Mansor, I. and Suhaimi, M. I. and Othman, R. and Meskon, S. R. and Samsudin, Z. (2021) Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 10 (3). pp. 1173-1182. ISSN 2302-9285 E-ISSN 2302-9285 https://beei.org/index.php/EEI/article/view/2858 https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v10i3.2858
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
Nordin, Anis Nurashikin
Nazri, Muhamad Aiman
Lim, L. M.
Ali, M. Y. Tura
Mansor, I.
Suhaimi, M. I.
Othman, R.
Meskon, S. R.
Samsudin, Z.
Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
description Zinc batteries are a more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to its components being highly recyclable. With the improvements in the screen printing technology, high quality devices can be printed with at high throughput and precision at a lower cost compared to those manufactured using lithographic techniques. In this paper we describe the fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries. Different binder materials such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and polyvinyl butyral (PVB), were used to fabricate the electrodes. The electrodes were first evaluated using three-electrode cyclic voltammetry, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy before being fully assembled and tested using charge-discharge test and two-electrode cyclic voltammetry. The results show that the printed ZnO electrode with PVB as binder performed better than PVP-based ZnO. The XRD data prove that the electro-active materials were successfully transferred to the sample. However, based on the evaluation, the results show that the cathode electrode was dominated by the silver instead of Ni(OH)2, which leads the sample to behave like a silver-zinc battery instead of a nickel-zinc battery. Nevertheless, the printed zinc battery electrodes were successfully evaluated, and more current collector materials for cathode should be explored for printed nickel-zinc batteries.
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author Nordin, Anis Nurashikin
Nazri, Muhamad Aiman
Lim, L. M.
Ali, M. Y. Tura
Mansor, I.
Suhaimi, M. I.
Othman, R.
Meskon, S. R.
Samsudin, Z.
author_facet Nordin, Anis Nurashikin
Nazri, Muhamad Aiman
Lim, L. M.
Ali, M. Y. Tura
Mansor, I.
Suhaimi, M. I.
Othman, R.
Meskon, S. R.
Samsudin, Z.
author_sort Nordin, Anis Nurashikin
title Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
title_short Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
title_full Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
title_fullStr Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
title_sort fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries
publisher Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in collaboration with IAES Indonesia Section
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/1/90395_Fabrication%20and%20characterization%20of%20printed%20zinc%20batteries.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/2/90395_Fabrication%20and%20characterization%20of%20printed%20zinc%20batteries_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/90395/
https://beei.org/index.php/EEI/article/view/2858
https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v10i3.2858
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