Progress Report

GWENDOLYN LIM (03/08/2017)

SUPERVISOR: PROF. DING
Electrochemical Energy
Storage Devices
Supercapacitor
Electrochemical
Battery
Energy Storage
Energy Harvesting

Film/Tape
Casting
Conventional
Route Dip Coating,
Fabrication
Technology Sputtering,
PVD/CVD, etc
Additive
Manufacturing
Recent Advancement!!
3D Printing Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
Supercapacitor

3D
Printing

Battery

Energy
Harvesting
Research Interest and Direction
BaTiO3 Crystal structure (Primitive Cube):
Larger A cation in the corner
(ABO3 structure) Smaller B cation in the middle
Ferroelectricity: Anion (commonly oxygen), in the
face edges centre
Spontaneous electric polarization of the
material.
Reversing electric polarization by applied
electric field.
Capacitors
Storage Memory
Waveguides
Application
Optical Memory
of BaTiO3
Display Energy
Harvester
Tranducers
 Strategy
Extrusion
Colloidal Processing of Application
Freeforming
Ceramic Powders of BaTiO3
Fabrication (EFF)

Desired EFF Paste Rheology by Colloidal Processing:

Shear thinning behavior facilitates flow through thin
nozzles without clogging
Viscoelastic behavior enables printing of self-
supporting (spanning) features due to yield stress
Preliminary Results BaTiO3
Powders Sintered Samples

Solvent: Water Add Particles SEM

Loading: ~42 vol% image here before
sintering (powder)

Digital Image:

Trial and Errors

Using optimized
on Extrusion
dispersant
Printing

Sintering Condition: 1300oC 2 Hours

Current Studies

In this work, the 41 vol.% BaTiO3 inks were Our Current Goal:
formed with poly-electrolyte which is Nozzle Diameter of
suitable for direct-writing.
400 m Aim is to
Diameter of the sintered filament is 378 m, fabricate sintered
while the width between the lattices of the filament less than
sintered structures is 1090 m. The nozzles published
have many different sizes ranging from 100 Currently working on
m to 2 mm. optimising paste
Preliminary Results Fe2O3
By trial and error, we varied different kinds of dispersants Narrowed down to 2
different types of dispersants for printing of Fe2O3

After sintering

SEM Images of Samples

 Future Work
BaTiO3 and Fe2O3 :
Based on the current optimized
dispersant amount (for 42vol%
loading), Finding suitable binder
and plasticizer for the colloidal
processing.
Complete both paste rheological
g study using DHR-2 rheometer.
Optimising paste for thinner
nozzles and trying out paste with
BioBot printer and Regenhu inkjet
printer for extrusion
Other conductive oxides:
Together with Xuxi,
Exploring other conductive
oxides for printing
Explore Photopolymeric
solutions for DLP
processing to obtain better
resolution in prints (of
oxides) for future
applications (Erwin and
Xuxi)