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Title: 4D Printing of Stretchable Supercapacitors via Hybrid Composite Materials

Abstract

Stretchable supercapacitors (SCs) have attracted significant attention in developing power-independent stretchable electronic systems due to their intrinsic energy storage function and unique mechanical properties. Most current SCs are generally limited by their low stretchability, complicated fabrication process, and insufficient performance and robustness. This study presents a facile method to fabricate arbitrary-shaped stretchable electrodes via 4D printing of conductive composite from reduced graphene oxide, carbon nanotube, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate. The electrode patterns of an arbitrary shape can be deposited onto prestretched substrates by aerosol-jet printing, then self-organized origami (ridge) patterns are generated after releasing the substrates from holding stretchers due to the mismatched strains. The stretchable electrodes demonstrate superior mechanical robustness and stretchability without sacrificing its outstanding electrochemical performance. The symmetric SC prototype possesses a gravimetric capacitance of ≈21.7 F g-1 at a current density of 0.5 A g-1 and a capacitance retention of ≈85.8% from 0.5 to 5 A g-1. A SC array with arbitrary-shaped electrodes is also fabricated and connected in series to power light-emitting diode patterns for large-scale applications. Finally, the proposed method paves avenues for scalable manufacturing of future energy-storage devices with controlled extensibility and high electrochemical performance.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  2. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDA
OSTI Identifier:
1756230
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; ECCS-2024649; ECCS-1344745
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials Technologies
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 4D printing; aerosol-jet printing; hybrid composites; self-organized origami; stretchable supercapacitors

Citation Formats

Zhou, Yihao, Parker, Charles B., Joshi, Pooran, Naskar, Amit K., Glass, Jeffrey T., and Cao, Changyong. 4D Printing of Stretchable Supercapacitors via Hybrid Composite Materials. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/admt.202001055.
Zhou, Yihao, Parker, Charles B., Joshi, Pooran, Naskar, Amit K., Glass, Jeffrey T., & Cao, Changyong. 4D Printing of Stretchable Supercapacitors via Hybrid Composite Materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202001055
Zhou, Yihao, Parker, Charles B., Joshi, Pooran, Naskar, Amit K., Glass, Jeffrey T., and Cao, Changyong. Sun . "4D Printing of Stretchable Supercapacitors via Hybrid Composite Materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202001055. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1756230.
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title = {4D Printing of Stretchable Supercapacitors via Hybrid Composite Materials},
author = {Zhou, Yihao and Parker, Charles B. and Joshi, Pooran and Naskar, Amit K. and Glass, Jeffrey T. and Cao, Changyong},
abstractNote = {Stretchable supercapacitors (SCs) have attracted significant attention in developing power-independent stretchable electronic systems due to their intrinsic energy storage function and unique mechanical properties. Most current SCs are generally limited by their low stretchability, complicated fabrication process, and insufficient performance and robustness. This study presents a facile method to fabricate arbitrary-shaped stretchable electrodes via 4D printing of conductive composite from reduced graphene oxide, carbon nanotube, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate. The electrode patterns of an arbitrary shape can be deposited onto prestretched substrates by aerosol-jet printing, then self-organized origami (ridge) patterns are generated after releasing the substrates from holding stretchers due to the mismatched strains. The stretchable electrodes demonstrate superior mechanical robustness and stretchability without sacrificing its outstanding electrochemical performance. The symmetric SC prototype possesses a gravimetric capacitance of ≈21.7 F g-1 at a current density of 0.5 A g-1 and a capacitance retention of ≈85.8% from 0.5 to 5 A g-1. A SC array with arbitrary-shaped electrodes is also fabricated and connected in series to power light-emitting diode patterns for large-scale applications. Finally, the proposed method paves avenues for scalable manufacturing of future energy-storage devices with controlled extensibility and high electrochemical performance.},
doi = {10.1002/admt.202001055},
journal = {Advanced Materials Technologies},
number = 1,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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