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Energy & sustainability

Ye Zhang

A series of soft polymer batteries that possess high biocompatibility and high energy density.

Year Honored
2023

Organization
Nanjing University

Region
China

Hails From
China
Ye Zhang designed and fabricated polymer electrode materials to develop a series of new soft polymer chemical batteries. These batteries have mechanical properties that match soft tissues and exhibit high biocompatibility. By designing new reaction pathways, a new battery system using bodily fluids as electrolytes was constructed, significantly increasing energy density​.

Ye proposed a network reconstruction method to prepare polymer electrodes with excellent elasticity and high electrical performance. She synthesized battery materials with high biocompatibility and established stable device/tissue interfaces to ensure high biocompatibility.

Additionally, Ye developed soft film and fiber polymer batteries, achieving mechanical properties that match soft biological tissues and excellent electrochemical performance.

Ye designed new reaction pathways to develop a new battery system using bodily fluids as electrolytes, constructing biocompatible biomedical batteries with an energy density of 2282 Wh/kg.

Furthermore, Ye elucidated the fundamental interactions between polymer chemical batteries and soft biological tissues, enabling stable energy output within living organisms. By developing universal integration methods, she created highly integrated systems that combine biomedical batteries with devices for detection, repair, and communication, facilitating biomedical applications​.