Flexible Batteries and Electronic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

There is an ever-growing demand for flexible electronics, including flexible batteries, for medical, personal, and industrial markets. According to a recent forecast, the flexible battery market alone will reach to $460 million by 2026. In order to meet the industry demand, however, major innovations are needed to overcome the challenges of integrating fully flexible components including displays, circuit boards, sensors, and batteries. Battery technology represents one bottleneck: a battery in a portable electronic device constitutes a significant portion of the total device weight. In recent years, Li-ion batteries have been leading the field for portable devices but they come with safety concerns and degrade by bending. The existing limitations in flexible electronics, as well as the pursuit of more light-weight and cost-effective electronics and battery technologies, are the motivation for bringing together this collection that will highlight advances in different types of light-weight and flexible electronic and battery technologies. In particular, plastic-based, polymer-based, and paper-based technologies that are being developed will be the focus of this Special Issue.

Prof. Mangilal Agarwal
Guest Editor

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• Flexible electronics
• Flexible batteries
• Paper batteries
• Plastic batteries
• Thin film electronics
• Wearable electronics
• Smart textiles