A mechanically and electrically self-healing supercapacitor

Hua Wang, Bowen Zhu, Wencao Jiang, Yun Yang, Wan Ru Leow, Hong Wang, Xiaodong Chen*

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Abstract

The first mechanically and electrically self-healing supercapacitor has been successfully fabricated. It exhibits excellent self-healing performance with the restoration of the specific capacitance up to 85.7% of its original value even after the 5th mechanical cutting. This achievement may provide a way to expand the lifetime of future energy storage devices and endow them with desirable economic and human safety attributes, as well as promote the development of next-generation self-healing electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3638-3643
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 11 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • conductivity
  • electrochemistry
  • self-healing
  • supercapacitor
  • SWCNT

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