High-performance, printable quasi-solid-state electrolytes toward all 3D direct ink writing of shape-versatile Li-ion batteries

The era of miniaturized and customized electronics requires scalable energy storage devices with versatile shapes. From the perspective of manufacturing, direct ink writing (DIW)-based 3D printing has attracted unprecedented interest, paving the way to demonstrate micro-batteries with design freedom and outstanding performance. Despite demands for all-printed Li-ion batteries with maskless processing, most of the efforts have been dedicated to developing printable active electrodes or building the 3D architecture, remaining challenges in both manufacturing and printable materials toward form-free, all 3D DIW printed Li-ion batteries. Herein, we present all 3D DIW printed, scalable shape versatile Li-ion batteries (ADP-LIBs) with high-performance, printable gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs). The rheological optimization of DIW printable inks for solid-state current collectors, electrodes, e…