• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.396-397
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• 2006

The novel urine-activated microbatteries have been successfully demonstrated. In this microbattery, a magnesium (Mg) layer and copper chloride (CuCl) in the filter paper are used as the anode and the cathode, respectively. A stack consisting of a Mg layer, CuCl-doped filter paper and a copper (Cu) layer sandwiched between two plastic layers is hot-pressed into the microbatteries at $100^{\circ}C$. The microbatteries can be activated by adding a droplet of human urine. The experimental results show that the microbattery can deliver a maximum voltage of 1.4 V and maximum power of 1.96 mW for the $1\;k{\Omega}$ load resistor.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.469-473
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• 2009

We present high-voltage liquid-electrolyte microbatteries, inspired from the high-voltage generation mechanism of electric eels using serially connected multiple-cell arrays. In the microbatteries, we purge air into the electrolyte filled in a channel layer to isolate serially connected multiple cell arrays using three surface-tension valves (cell-front, outlet, and cell-end valves). Compared to the previous multi-cell stack or interconnection, present microbatteries provide a reduced multi-cell charging time. We have designed and characterized four different prototypes C1, C10, C20, and C40 having 1, 10, 20, and 40 cells, respectively. In the experimental study, the threshold pressures of cell-front, outlet, and cell-end valves were measured as $460{\pm}47$, $1,000{\pm}53$, and $2,800{\pm}170$ Pa, respectively. The average charging time for C40 was measured as $26.8{\pm}4.9$ seconds where the electrolyte and air flow-rates are 100 and $10{\mu}l/min$, respectively. Microbatteries showed the maximum voltage of 12 V (C40), the maximum power density of $110{\mu}W/cm^2$ (C40), and the maximum power capacity of $2.1{\mu}Ah/cm^2$ (C40). We also proposed a tapered-channel to remove the reaction gas from the cell chamber using a surface tension effect. The present microbatteries are applicable to high-voltage portable power devices.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.59-59
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• 2002

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.38-38
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• 2001

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.261-265
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• 2003

The heat treatment process of thin film microbatteries manufacturing processes has several Problems. This study, without heat treatment, considered the characteristics of $LiCoO_2$ thin films deposited by bais sputtering method inducing the structural change of the thin film. The properties of deposited $LiCoO_2$ thin films such as crystal structure, morphology, and discharge capacity were observed by various analysis methods. Among $LiCoO_2$ thin films deposited by substrate bias $voltage(V_b)$, the one deposited by substrate bias voltage of -50V had the highest initial discharge capacity of about $60{\mu}Ah/cm^2{\mu}m.$ We confirmed that $LiCoO_2$ thin film could be used as cathode material of lithium thin film microbatteries without annealing.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.37-37
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.73-73
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• 1997

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.13-17
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• 2014

The $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti electrode are used as an anode in thin-film lithium microbatteries is known to have high oxidation-reduction potential of 1.8 V (vs. $Li/Li^+$). It can prevent from dendrite growth of lithium during charging. The $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti electrode was prepared by anodizing at constant voltages for thin-film lithium microbatteries. The capacities of $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti anode prepared by anodizing at 10 V, 20 V and 30 V were observed to be $23.9{\mu}Ah\;cm^{-2}$, $43.1{\mu}Ah\;cm^{-2}$ and $74.0{\mu}Ah\;cm^{-2}$. We identified it was found that the capacity of $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti increases with increasing anodizing voltage and the anatase structure of $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti compared with amorphous structure has batter cycle performance than amorphous $TiO_2$ nanotube/Ti.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.777-781
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• 2001

$LiCoO_{2}$ thin films have received attention as cathodes of thin film microbatteries in these days. In this study, $LiCoO_{2}$ thin films are fabricated by a sol-gel spin coating method followed by a post-annealing process. The thermal decomposition behaviour of precursor is investigated by TG/DTA analysis. The change of crystallinity, microstructure and electrochemical properties of final films as the drying temperature changes are also studied by XRD, SEM and galvanostatic charge/discharge cycling test. The relationship between the discharge capacity and the drying temperature are intensively investigated in this work.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.211-217
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• 1999

In order to investigate the possibilities of microbatteries using TiNi type metal hydride, TiNi films were prepared by DC magnetron sputtering. The films were deposited under various Ar flow rates, DC powers and target-to-substrate distances to find the optimum sputtering conditions. The deposition rate of TiNi thin film increased by increasing the DC power and by decreasing the Ar flow rate and target-to-substrate distance. The chemical composition of the film changed as a target-to-substrate distance. The crystal structure of the film was amorphous state just after deposition and changed to crystalline by vacuum heat treatment.