1. A Highly Stretchable Microsupercapacitor Using Laser‐Induced Graphene/NiO/Co3O4 Electrodes on a Biodegradable Waterborne Polyurethane Substrate.
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Wang, Wentao, Lu, Longsheng, Xie, Yingxi, Yuan, Wei, Wan, Zhenping, Tang, Yong, and Teh, Kwok Siong
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POLYURETHANES , *WEARABLE technology , *GRAPHENE , *POLYIMIDES , *ELECTRODES , *SUPERCAPACITOR electrodes , *ELECTRIC capacity - Abstract
Constructing microsupercapacitors (MSCs) with an outstanding stretchability is urgent for wearable electronics, and an intrinsic biodegradability is also meaningful. Herein, laser‐induced graphene/NiO/Co3O4 (NiO/Co3O4/LIG) is in situ synthesized on a polyimide (PI) film during laser processing, then the electrodes are transferred to a biodegradable waterborne polyurethane (WPU) substrate to fabricate stretchable MSCs. Experimentally, the as‐prepared stretchable MSCs exhibit an excellent areal capacitance of 2.4 mF cm−2, high capacitance retention of 77.1% at 50% strain, and capacitance degradation of less than 19.8% after 1000 stretching cycles. These desirable properties are mainly attributed to the gradient structure of NiO/Co3O4/LIG, the synergistic effect of hybrid NiO/Co3O4 nanoparticles, and the intensive interface adhesion between the electrodes and WPU. Interestingly, the robust function of stretchable MSCs is further presented by using them to power a microsensor and assembling them with triboelectric nanogenerators to generate power from mechanical contact with skin, which makes the stretchable MSCs promising as a sustainable driving source for wearable electronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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