Proton Hydrogel-Based Supercapacitors with Rapid Low-Temperature Self-Healing Properties.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
; 16(31): 40980-40991, 2024 Aug 07.
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Hydrogel-based supercapacitors are an up-and-coming candidate for safe and portable energy storage. However, it is challenging for hydrogel electrolytes to achieve high conductivity and rapid self-healing at subzero temperatures because the movements of polymer chains and the reconstruction capability of broken dynamic bonds are limited. Herein, a highly conductive proton polyacrylamide-phytic acid (PAAm-PA) hydrogel electrolyte with rapid and autonomous self-healing ability and excellent adhesion over a wide temperature range is developed. PA, as a proton donor center, endows the hydrogels with high conductivity (102.0 mS cm-1) based on the Grotthuss mechanism. PA can also prevent the crystallization of water and form multiple reversible hydrogen bonds in the polymer network, which solves the dysfunction of self-healing hydrogels in a cryogenic environment. Accordingly, the hydrogel electrolytes demonstrate fast low-temperature self-healing ability with a self-healing efficiency of 79.4% within 3 h at -20 °C. In addition, the hydrogel electrolytes present outstanding adhesiveness on electrodes due to the generation of hydrogen bonds between PA and activated carbon electrodes. As a result, the integrated hydrogel-based supercapacitors with tight bonding electrode/electrolyte interface deliver a 139.5 mF cm-2 specific capacitance at 25 °C. Moreover, the supercapacitors display superb self-healing ability, achieving 92.1% of capacitance recovery after three cutting-healing cycles at -20 °C. Furthermore, the supercapacitors demonstrate only 6.4% capacitance degradation after 5000 charging-discharging cycles at -20 °C. This work provides a roadmap for designing all-in-one flexible energy storage devices with excellent self-healing ability over a wide temperature range.
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