articleNature CommunicationsDec 22, 2015GOLD OA

A self-healable and highly stretchable supercapacitor based on a dual crosslinked polyelectrolyte

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Abstract

Superior self-healability and stretchability are critical elements for the practical wide-scale adoption of personalized electronics such as portable and wearable energy storage devices. However, the low healing efficiency of self-healable supercapacitors and the small strain of stretchable supercapacitors are fundamentally limited by conventional polyvinyl alcohol-based acidic electrolytes, which are intrinsically neither self-healable nor highly stretchable. Here we report an electrolyte comprising polyacrylic acid dual crosslinked by hydrogen bonding and vinyl hybrid silica nanoparticles, which displays all superior functions and provides a solution to the intrinsic self-healability and high stretchability…

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Keywords
  • Supercapacitor
  • Materials science
  • Electrolyte
  • Nanotechnology
  • Capacitance
  • Polyvinyl alcohol
  • Energy storage
  • Polyacrylic acid
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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