Highly Stretchable Supercapacitors Enabled by Interwoven CNTs Partially Embedded in PDMS

Runzhi Zhang, Junjun Ding, Chao Liu, Eui Hyeok Yang

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Abstract

We present flexible and stretchable supercapacitors composed of interwoven carbon nanotubes (CNTs) embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates. CNTs are grown using atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) on a Si/SiO2 substrate and then partially embedded into PDMS. This unique process permits a rapid and facile integration of the interwoven CNT-PDMS structure as a flexible and stretchable supercapacitor electrode with a high level of integrity under various strains. The electrochemical properties of the supercapacitors are measured in 30% KOH solution and with a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-KOH gel electrolyte (i.e., all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor). The measured capacitance of the supercapacitor is 0.6 mF/cm2 in 30% KOH solution and is 0.3 mF/cm2 with a PVA-KOH gel electrolyte at a scan rate of 100 mV/s, showing a consistent performance under stretching from 0% to 200% and bending/twisting angles from 0° to 180°. The stretching test is performed for 200 cycles from 0% to 100%, after which its capacitance is attenuated by 25%. The all-solid-state stretchable supercapacitors show a stable galvanostatic performance during and after 10 000 charge/discharge cycles with its capacitance maintained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2048-2055
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume1
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 May 2018

Keywords

  • electronics
  • flexible
  • stretchable
  • supercapacitors
  • vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

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