Self-Healing Polymers for Electronics and Energy Devices

Polymers are extensively exploited as active materials in a variety of electronics and energy devices because of their tailorable electrical properties, mechanical flexibility, facile processability, and they are lightweight. The polymer devices integrated with self-healing ability offer enhanced reliability, durability, and sustainability. In this Review, we provide an update on the major advancements in the applications of self-healing polymers in the devices, including energy devices, electronic components, optoelectronics, and dielectrics. The differences in fundamental mechanisms and healing strategies between mechanical fracture and electrical breakdown of polymers are underlined. The key concepts of…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 51921005
• MO
  Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

  Award: 2018YFE0200100
• AF
  Air Force Office of Scientific Research