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Recent progress on printable power supply devices and systems with nanomaterials

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In recent years, tremendous research interest has been triggered in the fields of flexible, wearable and miniaturized power supply devices and self-powered energy sources, in which energy harvesting/conversion devices are integrated with energy storage devices into an infinitely self-powered energy system. As opposed to conventional fabrication methods, printing techniques hold promising potency for fabrication of power supply devices with practical scalability and versatility, especially for applications in wearable and portable electronics. To further enhance the performance of the as-fabricated devices, the utilization of nanomaterials is one of the promising strategies, owing to their unique properties. In this review, an overview on the progress of printable strategies to revolutionize the fabrication of power supply devices and integrated system with attractive form factors is provided. The advantages and limitations of the commonly adopted printing techniques for power supply device fabrication are first summarized. Thereafter, the research progress on novel developed printable energy harvesting and conversion devices, including solar cells, nanogenerators and biofuel cells, and the research advances on printable energy storage devices, namely, supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries, are presented, respectively. Although exciting advances on printable material modification, innovative fabrication methods and device performance improvement have been witnessed, there are still several challenges to be addressed to realize fully printable fabrication of integrated self-powered energy sources.

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The authors acknowledge financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51672231), Hong Kong Research Grant Council (General Research Fund Project No. 16237816), and Center for 1D/2D Quantum Materials and State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics at HKUST.

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Lin, Y., Gao, Y., Fang, F. et al. Recent progress on printable power supply devices and systems with nanomaterials. Nano Res. 11, 3065–3087 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2068-y

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