Autonomous robots comprise actuation, energy, sensory and control systems built from
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …

The development of light-weight batteries has a great potential value for mobile applications,
including electric vehicles and electric aircraft. Along with increasing energy density, another …

Engineering materials that can store electrical energy in structural load paths can
revolutionize lightweight design across transport modes. Stiff and strong batteries that use …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in structural battery
composites research. Structural battery composites are a class of structural power …

Structural stability and mechanical integrity of electrode materials during
lithiation/delithiation influence the performance of Li-ion batteries. Significant dimensional …

Integration of lithium‐ion batteries into fiber‐polymer composite structures so as to
simultaneously carry mechanical loads and store electrical energy offer great potential to …

Electrochemical energy storage has become a key part of portable medical and electronic
devices, as well as ground and aerial vehicles. Unfortunately, conventionally produced …

Growing market demand for portable energy storage has triggered significant research on
high‐capacity lithium‐ion (Li‐ion) battery anodes. Various elements have been utilized in …

Thin-film electronics in its myriad forms has underpinned much of the technological
innovation in the fields of displays, sensors, and energy conversion over the past four …

Modern robots lack the multifunctional interconnected systems found in living organisms and
are consequently unable to reproduce their efficiency and autonomy. Energy-storage …