• 文献标题:   Molecular Functionalization of Graphene Oxide for Next-Generation Wearable Electronics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZARRIN H, SY S, FU J, JIANG GP, KANG K, JUN YS, YU AP, FOWLER M, CHEN ZW
  • 作者关键词:   flexible electronic, graphene oxide, zincair batterie, supercapacitor, ion conductivity, ionic liquid
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Waterloo
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.6b06769
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Acquiring reliable and efficient wearable electronics requires the development of flexible electrolyte membranes (EMs) for energy storage systems with high performance and minimum dependency on the operating conditions. Herein, a freestanding graphene oxide (GO) EM is functionalized with 1-hexy1-3-methylimidazolium chloride (HMIM) molecules via both covalent and noncovalent bonds induced by esterification reactions and electrostatic pi(cation)-pi stacking, respectively. Compared to the commercial polymeric membrane, the thin HMIM/GO membrane demonstrates not only slightest performance sensitivity to the operating conditions but also a superior hydroxide conductivity of 0.064 0.0021 S cm-1 at 30% RH and room temperature, which was 3.8 times higher than that of the commercial membrane at the same conditions. To study the practical application of the HMIM/GO membranes in wearable electronics, a fully solid-state, thin, flexible zinc-air battery and supercapacitor are made exhibiting high battery performance and capacitance at low humidified and room temperature environment, respectively, favored by the bonded HMIM molecules on the surface of GO nanosheets. The results of this study disclose the strong potential of manipulating the chemical structure of GO to work as a lightweight membrane in wearable energy storage devices, possessing highly stable performance at different operating conditions, especially at low relative humidity and room temperature.