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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Growing integration of electronics with the human body requires adaptable energy storage.
  • Stretchable batteries and supercapacitors are crucial for next-generation wearable devices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review operating principles of stretchable energy storage devices.
  • To analyze strategies for creating stretchable electrochemical energy storage materials.
  • To compare performance and strain capabilities of various stretchable materials and designs.

Main Methods:

  • Overview of battery and supercapacitor operating principles.
  • Analysis of strain engineering, rigid island geometry, fiber-like geometry, and intrinsic stretchability.
  • Review of polymers, metals, and ceramics for stretchable applications.

Main Results:

  • Comparison of different strategies for stretchable energy storage.
  • Evaluation of electrochemical performance and strain capability across materials.
  • Identification of promising approaches for flexible energy storage.

Conclusions:

  • Stretchable energy storage is vital for skin-conformable electronics.
  • Multiple strategies exist to achieve stretchability in electrochemical materials.
  • Further development is needed for advanced stretchable supercapacitors and batteries.