Flexible Batteries: Thin, Deformable, and Safety-Reinforced Plastic Crystal Polymer Electrolytes for High-Performance Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries (Adv. Funct. Mater. 1/2014).

Thin, deformable, and safety‐reinforced plastic crystal polymer electrolytes for use in high‐performance flexible lithium‐ion batteries with aesthetic versatility and robust safety features is reported on page 44 by S.‐Y. Lee and co‐workers. The combination of a plastic crystal polymer electrolyte matrix with a compliant nonwoven skeleton enables the fabrication of the innovative polymer electrolyte with optimized attributes. The cell assembled with the polymer electrolyte exhibits stable electrochemical performance under severely deformed states (even a wrinkled state), without suffering from internal short‐circuit failures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]