Ionoelastomer electrolytes for stretchable ionic thermoelectric supercapacitorsShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Nano Energy, ISSN 2211-2855, E-ISSN 2211-3282, Vol. 114, article id 108643Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Ionic thermoelectric supercapacitors (ITESCs) produce orders of magnitude higher voltages than those of con-ventional thermoelectrics (TEs) based on the thermo-diffusion of electrons/holes and are therefore attractive for converting low-grade heat into electricity. The stretchability and stability of the whole ITESC are important for wearable heat harvesting applications. Recent studies on ITESC have focused on stretchable ionic TE electrolytes with a giant Seebeck coefficient, but there are no reports of fully stretchable ITESCs for wearable heat harvesting devices due to the lack of stretchable electrodes and stretchable ionic TE electrolytes with stability. Herein, we present a fully stretchable ITESC composed of stable high-performance ionic thermoelectric elastomer (ITE) electrolyte and stretchable gold nanowire (AuNW) electrodes. The ITE shows excellent air stability (> 60 d) in comparison to hydrogel-based electrolytes that are susceptible to dehydration in ambient conditions. Further-more, the ITE exhibits an apparent thermopower up to 38.9 mV K-1 and ionic conductivity of 3.76 x 10-1 mS cm-1, which both are maintained up to a tensile strain of 250%. Finally, a fully stretchable ITESC with AuNW electrodes is developed which can harvest energy from thermal gradients during deformations.
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ELSEVIER , 2023. Vol. 114, article id 108643
Keywords [en]
Ionic thermoelectric supercapacitor; Wearable energy harvesting; Ionoelastomer; Stable ionic thermoelectric materials; Stretchable ionic thermoelectricity
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-197579DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108643ISI: 001041575000001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-197579DiVA, id: diva2:1795929
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Funding Agencies|National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea - Korea government (MSIT) [2021R1I1A1A01048298]; Korea Initiative for fostering University of Research and Innovation (KIURI) Program of the NRF - Korean government (MSIT) [NRF-2020M3H1A1077207]; European Union [101064482]; NRF of Korea - Korea government (MIST); NRF of Korea [2020R1A2B5B03002697]; National Research Foundation of Korea [2021R1I1A1A01048298] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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