Interconnecting EDOT-Based Polymers with Native Lignin toward Enhanced Charge Storage in Conductive WoodShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, E-ISSN 1944-8252, Vol. 16, no 49, p. 68416-68425Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The 3D micro- and nanostructure of wood has extensively been employed as a template for cost-effective and renewable electronic technologies. However, other electroactive components, in particular native lignin, have been overlooked due to the absence of an approach that allows access of the lignin through the cell wall. In this study, we introduce an approach that focuses on establishing conjugated-polymer-based electrical connections at various length scales within the wood structure, aiming to leverage the charge storage capacity of native lignin in wood-based energy storage electrodes. We demonstrate that poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT/PSS, integrated within the cell wall lumen, can be interfaced with native lignin through the wood cell wall through in situ polymerization of a water-soluble S-EDOT monomer. This approach increases the capacitance of the conductive wood to 315 mF cm-2 at a scan rate of 5 mV s-1, which is seven and, respectively, two times higher compared to the capacitance of conductive wood made with the single components PEDOT/PSS or S-PEDOT. Moreover, we show that the capacitance is contributed by both the electroactive polymers and native lignin, with native lignin accounting for over 70% of the total charge storage capacity. We show that accessing native lignin through in situ creation of electrical interconnections within the wood structure offers a pathway toward sustainable, wood-based electrodes with improved charge-storage capacity for applications in electronics and energy storage.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER CHEMICAL SOC , 2024. Vol. 16, no 49, p. 68416-68425
Keywords [en]
wood; organic electronics; PEDOT; lignin; energy storage
National Category
Polymer Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-210458DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c16298ISI: 001369498800001PubMedID: 39625283Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211035055OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-210458DiVA, id: diva2:1921746
Note
Funding Agencies|Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse [KAW 2023.0468]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Wallenberg Wood Science Center
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