Self-Healable Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Thermoelectric Materials with Excellent Ionic Thermoelectric Properties

Authors
Malik, Y.T.Akbar, Z.A.Seo, J.Y.Cho, S.Jang, S.-Y.Jeon, J.-W.
Issue Date
2022-02
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Citation
Advanced Energy Materials, v.12, no.6
Abstract
Self-healable and stretchable thermoelectric (TE) materials provide new possibilities for self-powered flexible wearable devices to self-repair mechanical damage. However, developing high-performance materials with such desirable TE and mechanical properties is a significant challenge. In this work, organic?inorganic ionic TE composites (OITCs) with an unprecedently high ionic TE figure of merit (ZTi?=?3.74 at 80% relative humidity) and robust properties of simultaneous self-healing and stretching are reported. The OITCs are developed by incorporating inorganic SiO2 nanoparticles (SiO2-nps) in a polyaniline: poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid): phytic acid (PANI:PAAMPSA:PA) ternary polymer. The incorporated SiO2-nps constructively interact with the hybrid polymer to provide autonomous self-healability and stretchability while augmenting the mobile proton concentration in OITCs, which substantially improves their ionic TE properties (i.e., ionic Seebeck coefficient and ionic conductivity). Moreover, the OITCs remain repeatedly stretchable and self-healable under severe external stresses (50 cycles of 100% strain and 25 cycles of cutting/healing) without degradation of their TE properties. Using the OITCs with multi-walled carbon nanotube electrodes, an ionic TE supercapacitor (ITESC) with a maximum energy density of 19.4?mJ?m?2 is demonstrated upon a temperature difference of 1.8?K. ? 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH
Keywords
energy-harvesting; ionic thermoelectric supercapacitors; ionic thermoelectrics; self-healing
ISSN
1614-6832
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/115692
DOI
10.1002/aenm.202103070
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