Fabric or textile-based flexible battery and method of making the same
OwnerSuvankar Sengupta, Ramachandra Rao Revur +1inventors
InventorsSuvankar Sengupta, Ramachandra Rao Revur, Amul Tevar
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Abstract
A flexible, textile integrated electrochemical cell comprising: a flexible cathode including a fabric containing a conductive material; a cathodic layer coated on the cathode; a flexible anode including a fabric containing a conductive material; an anodic layer coated on the anode; a PVDF/Al2O3 based separator; an electrolyte; and flexible current leads; wherein the flexible current leads are hermetically sealed and operatively coupled to the cathode and anode.
Claims20
A flexible, textile-integrated electrochemical cell comprising:
- a flexible cathode including a fabric containing a conductive material;
- a cathodic layer coated on the cathode;
- a flexible anode including a fabric containing a conductive material;
- an anodic layer coated on the anode;
- a PVDF/Al2O3 based separator;
- an electrolyte;
- and
- flexible current leads;
- wherein the flexible current leads are hermetically sealed and operatively coupled to the cathode and anode.
A method of manufacturing a flexible, textile-integrated electrochemical cell;
- the method comprising:
- providing a flexible cathodic fabric;
- forming a conductive layer on the cathodic fabric to form a conductive cathodic fabric;
- applying a cathodic layer on the conductive cathodic fabric to form a cathode;
- providing a flexible anodic fabric;
- forming a conducting layer on the cathodic fabric to form a conductive anodic fabric;
- applying an anodic layer on the conductive anodic fabric to form an anode;
- combining the cathode and anode with a PVDF/Al2O3 based separator and an electrolyte to form an electrochemical cell core;
- connecting flexible current leads to the cathode and anode;
- and
- hermetically sealing the current leads to form the flexible, textile-integrated electrochemical cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.