Impact of the mechanical loading on the electrochemical capacity of carbon fibres for use in energy storage composite materials

• Reducing system mass for improvements in system performance has become a priority for future applications such as mobile phones or electric vehicles which require load bearing components and electrical energy storage devices. Structure and energy storage are usually subsystems with the highest mass contributions but energy storage components are structurally parasitic. A novel solution is a multifunctional lightweight design combining these two functions in a single material entity able to simultaneously bear mechanical loads as a carbon fiber composite component and store electrochemical energy as a lithium-ion battery.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Kompositmaterial och -teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Composite Science and Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Carbon fibers

energy storage

hybrid laminate

structural electrode

lithium-ion battery

mechanical loading

electrochemical capacity

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kon (subject category)