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A Highly Ionic Conductive, Healable, and Adhesive Polysiloxane-Supported Ionogel
Zhongxiao Li1, Jinke Wang1, Ruofei Hu1
1Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A new kind of polysiloxane-supported ionogel is successfully designed via locking ionic liquids (ILs), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([EMIM][Tf2 N]), into poly(aminopropyl-methylsiloxane) (PAPMS) grafted with [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride (METAC) in the presence of tannic acid (TA). The novel ionogel exhibits good mechanical and recovery properties, as well as high ionic conductivity (1.19 mS cm-1 ) at 25 °C. In addition, the totally physical dual-crosslinked network based on ionic aggregates among METAC and the hydrogen bonds between PAPMS and TA provides excellent self-healing ability, which allows the damaged ionogel to almost completely heal (≈83%) in 12 h at room temperature. Interestingly, the obtained ionogel also shows satisfactory adhesive behavior to various solid materials. Moreover, this novel ionogel can maintain its high ionic conductivity and recovery property even at subzero temperatures. Therefore, this polysiloxane-supported ionogel is anticipated to be advantageous in flexible electronic devices such as sensors and supercapacitors, even at low temperatures.
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