Cryopolymerization enables anisotropic polyaniline hybrid hydrogels with superelasticity and highly deformation-tolerant electrochemical energy storage

Le Li; Yu Zhang; Hengyi Lu; Yufeng Wang; Jingsan Xu; Jixin Zhu; Chao Zhang; Tianxi Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13959-9

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Cryopolymerization enables anisotropic polyaniline hybrid hydrogels with superelasticity and highly deformation-tolerant electrochemical energy storage

Le Li,
Yu Zhang,
Hengyi Lu,
Yufeng Wang,
Jingsan Xu,
Jixin Zhu,
Chao Zhang,
Tianxi Liu

Affiliations

Le Li: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University
Yu Zhang: The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Hengyi Lu: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University
Yufeng Wang: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University
Jingsan Xu: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
Jixin Zhu: Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
Chao Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University
Tianxi Liu: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13959-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Energy storage devices that can endure large and complex deformations are central to the development of wearable electronics. Here the authors present a cryopolymerization strategy for preparing an anisotropic polyvinyl alcohol/polyaniline hydrogel for flexible supercapacitor electrodes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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