Strong and Robust Polyaniline‐Based Supramolecular Hydrogels for Flexible Supercapacitors

作者：Wanwan Li, Fengxian Gao, Xiaoqian Wang, Ning Zhang, Mingming Ma · 发表于：Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1002/anie.201603417 · 被引用次数：402 · 研究领域：Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication、Conducting polymers and applications、Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

We report a supramolecular strategy to prepare conductive hydrogels with outstanding mechanical and electrochemical properties, which are utilized for flexible solid-state supercapacitors (SCs) with high performance. The supramolecular assembly of polyaniline and polyvinyl alcohol through dynamic boronate bond yields the polyaniline-polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel (PPH), which shows remarkable tensile strength (5.3 MPa) and electrochemical capacitance (928 F g(-1) ). The flexible solid-state supercapacitor based on PPH provides a large capacitance (306 mF cm(-2) and 153 F g(-1) ) and a high energy density of 13.6 Wh kg(-1) , superior to other flexible supercapacitors. The robustness of the PPH-based supercapacitor is demonstrated by the 100 % capacitance retention after 1000 mechanical folding cycles, and the 90 % capacitance retention after 1000 galvanostatic charge-discharge cycles. The high activity and robustness enable the PPH-based supercapacitor as a promising power device for flexible electronics.