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Abstract
Flexible devices, such as soft bioelectronics and stretchable supercapacitors, have their practical performance limited by electrodes which are desired to have high conductivity and capacitance, outstanding mechanical flexibility and strength, great electrochemical stability, and good biocompatibility. Here, we report a simple and efficient method to synthesize a nanostructured conductive hydrogel to meet such criteria. Specifically, templated by a hyperconnective nanofibrous network from aramid hydrogels, the conducting polymer, polypyrrole, assembles conformally onto nanofibers through in-situ polymerization, generating continuous nanostructured conductive pathways. The resulting conductive hydrogel shows superior conductivity (72 S cm−1) and fracture strength (27.2 MPa). Supercapacitor electrodes utilizing this hydrogel exhibit high specific capacitance (240 F g−1) and cyclic stability. Furthermore, bioelectrodes of patterned hydrogels provide favorable bioelectronic interfaces, allowing high-quality electrophysiological recording and stimulation in physiological environments. These high-performance electrodes are readily scalable to applications of energy and power systems, healthcare and medical technologies, smart textiles, and so forth.
软生物电子学和可拉伸超级电容器等柔性设备的实用性能受到电极的限制,电极需要具有高导电性和电容、出色的机械柔韧性和强度、高电化学稳定性和良好的生物相容性。在此,我们报告了一种简单高效的方法来合成符合上述标准的纳米结构导电水凝胶。具体来说,以芳纶水凝胶的超连接纳米纤维网为模板,导电聚合物聚吡咯通过原位聚合作用顺应性地组装到纳米纤维上,产生连续的纳米结构导电通路。由此产生的导电水凝胶显示出卓越的导电性(72 S cm-1)和断裂强度(27.2 兆帕)。使用这种水凝胶的超级电容器电极具有很高的比电容(240 F g-1)和循环稳定性。此外,图案化水凝胶生物电极提供了有利的生物电子界面,可在生理环境中进行高质量的电生理记录和刺激。这些高性能电极可随时扩展到能源和电力系统、保健和医疗技术、智能纺织品等应用领域。
期刊介绍:
npj Flexible Electronics is an online-only and open access journal, which publishes high-quality papers related to flexible electronic systems, including plastic electronics and emerging materials, new device design and fabrication technologies, and applications.