• 文献标题:   Highly-ordered assembly sheath layers of graphene coaxial fibers for high-performance wearable devices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI P, WU W, XU J, CAO JD, ZHANG HX
  • 作者关键词:   highlyordered, coresheath structure, tugofwar effect, graphene fiber, wearable device
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS ACTUATORS APHYSICAL
  • ISSN:   0924-4247
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiaxing Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.sna.2020.111840
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphene fibers (GF) have broad application prospects in the fields of supercapacitors, electrodes, stimuli response sensors, and smart wearables. However, previously reported graphene-based fibers generally have low toughness and poor stretchability, which may limit possible applications. Here, we prepared novel high-strength, -stretch, and -conductivity graphene fibers with dense and highly-ordered sheath layers and a porous core structure. This was prepared by an efficient one-step coaxial wet-spinning method, which forms the rapid traction of the core layers on the sheath layers by the speed difference of the former, which is faster than the latter. The fiber surface was also subjected to the scouring force of the coagulation bath when the spinning solution was sprayed out of the spinning hole. The tug-of-war effect of these two opposing forces reacts on the curved graphene sheets, which made the graphene layers gradually straighten out, so that the sheath is efficiently and orderly aligned. The elongation of the high-strength GF with a core-sheath structure was effectively improved by approximately double, which was much higher than the previous research results. Moreover, high strength was maintained, and electrical stability was observably increased due to the core-sheath structure of the fibers. Such fibers also exhibited very stable electrical resistance during radial compression and tension cycles. Furthermore, we demonstrated the application of the fibers in wearable flexible devices. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.