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Are energy stroage microdevices a good energy supplier?

Summary and prospective Energy stroage microdevices (ESMDs) hold great promise as micro-sized power supplier for miniaturized portable/wearable electronics and IoT related smart devices. To fulfill the ever-increasing energy demands, ESMDs need to store as much energy as possible at fast rates in a given footprint area or volume.

Why do we need micron/nanometer scaled power supplies?

Fast popularity of smart electronics stimulates the ever-growing demand for micron/nanometer scaled power supplies with simultaneously high energy density and fast power delivery.

How do thin film microdevices achieve high power density?

Thin film configuration Instead of nanostructuring the active materials and enhanceing their porosity to shorten diffusion distances, commercial thin film microdevices achieve high power density mainly by tremendously reducing components (cathode/solid electrolytes/anode) thickness to a few micrometers scale [ 64, 250, 251 ].

What is a sandwich-type electrolyte infused porous separator?

Due to the easy and inexpensive way of assembly, sandwich-type configuration is widely used in traditional stack devices, in which liquid electrolyte infused porous separator is sandwiched, with cofacial sandwich geometry, between two planar electrodes, i.e. cathode and anode .

Is a downsizing of a device a cost of storage capacity?

Downsizing of devices undoubtedly comes at the cost of storage capacity due to the volume reduction of active components. To compensate for the sacrificing capacity, active materials with high intrinsic volumetric capacity should be rationally employed.

What is a separator-free thin film microdevice?

In a separator-free thin film microdevice, a solid-state electrolyte (SSE) film acts as the physical separation to avoid direct contact of cathode and anode, and provides pathways for ion transport, as depicted in Fig. 12 a [ 91, 252 ].