MXene Enhanced the Electromechanical Performance of a Nafion-Based Actuator

Xiaoming Tang; Ziyi Zhou; Yuehang Jiang; Qian Wang; Qi Sun; Lei Zu; Xing Gao; Huiqin Lian; Minhua Cao; Xiuguo Cui

doi:10.3390/ma15082833

Materials (Apr 2022)

MXene Enhanced the Electromechanical Performance of a Nafion-Based Actuator

Xiaoming Tang,
Ziyi Zhou,
Yuehang Jiang,
Qian Wang,
Qi Sun,
Lei Zu,
Xing Gao,
Huiqin Lian,
Minhua Cao,
Xiuguo Cui

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Xiaoming Tang: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Ziyi Zhou: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Yuehang Jiang: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Qian Wang: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Qi Sun: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Lei Zu: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Xing Gao: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Huiqin Lian: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
Minhua Cao: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Xiuguo Cui: Beijing Key Lab of Special Elastomer Composite Materials, College of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15082833
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 8
p. 2833

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Ionic electroactive polymer-based actuators have attracted much attention due to their low potential stimuli. In this work, MXene–Nafion composite actuators were fabricated, and the actuation performances were tested. The morphology of the as-made MXene–Nafion composite showed that the composite membrane was homogeneous, with an MXene doping level up to 5 wt%. In addition, the results of blocked force, response speed, and durability demonstrated that the actuation behavior of the composite-based actuator was enhanced due to the efficient dispersion of the two-dimensional nanofiller MXene. In addition, the blocking force of the composite actuator with a doping level of 0.5 wt% was about 6 times that of the pure Nafion without back-relaxation and durability degradation during the testing period.

Published in Materials

ISSN: 1996-1944 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Natural history (General): Microscopy; Science: Physics: Descriptive and experimental mechanics
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