ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-22DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0010010.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100
Shunsuke Yamada*, and , Takashi Honda,
{"title":"Supramolecular Ionic Gels for Stretchable Electronics and Future Directions","authors":"Shunsuke Yamada*, and , Takashi Honda, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0010010.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Ionic gels (IGs), ionic liquids (ILs) dispersed in polymers, exhibit extremely low vapor pressure, electrochemical and thermal stability, and excellent mechanical characteristics; therefore, they are used for fabricating stretchable sensors, electrochemical transistors, and energy storage devices. Although such characteristics are promising for flexible and stretchable electronics, the mechanical stress-induced ruptured covalent bonds forming polymer networks cannot recover owing to the irreversible interaction between the bonds. Physical cross-linking via noncovalent bonds enables the interaction of polymers and ILs to form supramolecular IGs (SIGs), which exhibit favorable characteristics for wearable devices that conventional IGs with noncovalent bonds cannot achieve. Herein, we review recent material designs and interactions used for fabricating SIGs, such as ionic interactions and hydrogen bonding. We present SIG characteristics achieved via the interaction of polymers and ILs, such as extreme toughness, self-healing capability, and self-adhesion favorable for human body sensors. We conclude this Perspective by discussing the potential of SIGs as a power source for implants, wearable devices, and environmental sensing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"35–44 35–44"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143091592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-22eCollection Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100
Shunsuke Yamada, Takashi Honda
{"title":"Supramolecular Ionic Gels for Stretchable Electronics and Future Directions.","authors":"Shunsuke Yamada, Takashi Honda","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ionic gels (IGs), ionic liquids (ILs) dispersed in polymers, exhibit extremely low vapor pressure, electrochemical and thermal stability, and excellent mechanical characteristics; therefore, they are used for fabricating stretchable sensors, electrochemical transistors, and energy storage devices. Although such characteristics are promising for flexible and stretchable electronics, the mechanical stress-induced ruptured covalent bonds forming polymer networks cannot recover owing to the irreversible interaction between the bonds. Physical cross-linking via noncovalent bonds enables the interaction of polymers and ILs to form supramolecular IGs (SIGs), which exhibit favorable characteristics for wearable devices that conventional IGs with noncovalent bonds cannot achieve. Herein, we review recent material designs and interactions used for fabricating SIGs, such as ionic interactions and hydrogen bonding. We present SIG characteristics achieved via the interaction of polymers and ILs, such as extreme toughness, self-healing capability, and self-adhesion favorable for human body sensors. We conclude this Perspective by discussing the potential of SIGs as a power source for implants, wearable devices, and environmental sensing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"35-44"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106
Chunyu Yang, Qi Wang, Shulin Chen, Jinghua Li
{"title":"Ultrathin, Lightweight Materials Enabled Wireless Data and Power Transmission in Chip-Less Flexible Electronics.","authors":"Chunyu Yang, Qi Wang, Shulin Chen, Jinghua Li","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The surge of flexible, biointegrated electronics has inspired continued research efforts in designing and developing chip-less and wireless devices as soft and mechanically compliant interfaces to the living systems. In recent years, innovations in materials, devices, and systems have been reported to address challenges surrounding this topic to empower their reliable operation for monitoring physiological signals. This perspective provides a brief overview of recent works reporting various chip-less electronics for sensing and actuation in diverse application scenarios. We summarize wireless signal/data/power transmission strategies, key considerations in materials design and selection, as well as successful demonstrations of sensors and actuators in wearable and implantable forms. The final section provides an outlook to the future direction down the road for performance improvement and optimization. These versatile, inexpensive, and low-power device concepts can serve as alternative strategies to existing digital wireless electronics, which will find broad applications as bidirectional biointerfaces in basic biomedical research and clinical practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"45-56"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0010610.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106
Chunyu Yang, Qi Wang, Shulin Chen and Jinghua Li*,
{"title":"Ultrathin, Lightweight Materials Enabled Wireless Data and Power Transmission in Chip-Less Flexible Electronics","authors":"Chunyu Yang, Qi Wang, Shulin Chen and Jinghua Li*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0010610.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The surge of flexible, biointegrated electronics has inspired continued research efforts in designing and developing chip-less and wireless devices as soft and mechanically compliant interfaces to the living systems. In recent years, innovations in materials, devices, and systems have been reported to address challenges surrounding this topic to empower their reliable operation for monitoring physiological signals. This perspective provides a brief overview of recent works reporting various chip-less electronics for sensing and actuation in diverse application scenarios. We summarize wireless signal/data/power transmission strategies, key considerations in materials design and selection, as well as successful demonstrations of sensors and actuators in wearable and implantable forms. The final section provides an outlook to the future direction down the road for performance improvement and optimization. These versatile, inexpensive, and low-power device concepts can serve as alternative strategies to existing digital wireless electronics, which will find broad applications as bidirectional biointerfaces in basic biomedical research and clinical practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"45–56 45–56"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143091691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-18eCollection Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042
Stephan Schaumüller, Stefan Halama, Peter Prka, Ian Teasdale, Ingrid Graz
{"title":"Biomimetic, Interface-Free Stiffness-Gradient PDMS-Co-Polyimide-Based Soft Materials for Stretchable Electronics and Soft Robotics.","authors":"Stephan Schaumüller, Stefan Halama, Peter Prka, Ian Teasdale, Ingrid Graz","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Soft materials play a pivotal role in the efficacy of stretchable electronics and soft robotics, and the interface between the soft devices and rigid counterparts is especially crucial to the overall performance. Herein, we develop polyimide-polydimethylsiloxane (PI-PDMS) copolymers that, in various ratios, combine on a molecular level to give a series of chemically similar materials with an extremely wide Young's modulus range starting from soft 2 MPa and transitioning to rigid polymers with up to 1500 MPa. Of particular significance is the copolymers' capacity to prepare seamless stiffness gradients, as evidenced by strain distribution analyses of gradient materials, due to them being unified on a molecular level. The copolymers and gradient materials were successfully used as substrates for stretchable thin-film conductors and tested as dielectric elastomer actuators, demonstrating their potential application as enabling components in stretchable electronics and soft robots.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"141-148"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-18DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0004210.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042
Stephan Schaumüller, Stefan Halama, Peter Prka, Ian Teasdale* and Ingrid Graz*,
{"title":"Biomimetic, Interface-Free Stiffness-Gradient PDMS-Co-Polyimide-Based Soft Materials for Stretchable Electronics and Soft Robotics","authors":"Stephan Schaumüller, Stefan Halama, Peter Prka, Ian Teasdale* and Ingrid Graz*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0004210.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Soft materials play a pivotal role in the efficacy of stretchable electronics and soft robotics, and the interface between the soft devices and rigid counterparts is especially crucial to the overall performance. Herein, we develop polyimide–polydimethylsiloxane (PI–PDMS) copolymers that, in various ratios, combine on a molecular level to give a series of chemically similar materials with an extremely wide Young’s modulus range starting from soft 2 MPa and transitioning to rigid polymers with up to 1500 MPa. Of particular significance is the copolymers’ capacity to prepare seamless stiffness gradients, as evidenced by strain distribution analyses of gradient materials, due to them being unified on a molecular level. The copolymers and gradient materials were successfully used as substrates for stretchable thin-film conductors and tested as dielectric elastomer actuators, demonstrating their potential application as enabling components in stretchable electronics and soft robots.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"141–148 141–148"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143091775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0008610.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086
Wonchul Park, and , Dong Young Chung*,
{"title":"Activity–Stability Relationships in Oxygen Evolution Reaction","authors":"Wonchul Park, and , Dong Young Chung*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0008610.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a critical process in various sustainable energy technologies. Despite substantial progress in catalyst development, the practical application of OER catalysts remains hindered by the ongoing challenge of balancing high catalytic activity with long-term stability. We explore the inverse trends often observed between activity and stability, drawing on key insights from both experimental and theoretical studies. Special focus is placed on the performance of different electrodes and their interaction with acidic and alkaline media across a range of electrochemical conditions. This Perspective integrates recent advancements to present a thorough framework for understanding the mechanisms underlying the activity–stability relationship, offering strategies for the rational design of next-generation OER catalysts that successfully meet the dual demands of activity and durability.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"1–10 1–10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143091789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-15eCollection Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086
Wonchul Park, Dong Young Chung
{"title":"Activity-Stability Relationships in Oxygen Evolution Reaction.","authors":"Wonchul Park, Dong Young Chung","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a critical process in various sustainable energy technologies. Despite substantial progress in catalyst development, the practical application of OER catalysts remains hindered by the ongoing challenge of balancing high catalytic activity with long-term stability. We explore the inverse trends often observed between activity and stability, drawing on key insights from both experimental and theoretical studies. Special focus is placed on the performance of different electrodes and their interaction with acidic and alkaline media across a range of electrochemical conditions. This Perspective integrates recent advancements to present a thorough framework for understanding the mechanisms underlying the activity-stability relationship, offering strategies for the rational design of next-generation OER catalysts that successfully meet the dual demands of activity and durability.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-11eCollection Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043
Vaibhav Sharma, Geetika Bhardwaj, Nithisan Mahendran, Ajay Preetham K B, Pavan Nukala, Naga Phani B Aetukuri
{"title":"Ti Doping Decreases Mn and Ni Dissolution from High-Voltage LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Cathodes.","authors":"Vaibhav Sharma, Geetika Bhardwaj, Nithisan Mahendran, Ajay Preetham K B, Pavan Nukala, Naga Phani B Aetukuri","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (LNMO), with its high operating voltage, is a favorable cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, Ni and Mn dissolution and the associated low cycle life limit their widespread adoption. In this work, we investigate titanium doping as a strategy to mitigate Mn and Ni dissolution from LNMO electrodes. We demonstrate bulk doping of Ti in LNMO up to nominal compositions of <i>x</i> = 0.15 in LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5-<i>x</i></sub> Ti <sub><i>x</i></sub> O<sub>4</sub>. Electrochemical characterization shows that titanium doping enhances the cycle life in LNMO-based half- and full cells with a negligible decrease in capacity or rate capability. Half-cells with LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.35</sub>Ti<sub>0.15</sub>O<sub>4</sub> cathodes and lithium anodes exhibited a capacity retention of 90% after 300 cycles at 1C. Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>/LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.35</sub>Ti<sub>0.15</sub>O<sub>4</sub> full cells with Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub> anodes cycled at 1C rate to 100% depth of discharge retained ∼73% of the original capacity at the end of 1000 cycles. Our work shows that cathode modification strategies could still be used for enhancing the electrochemical performance of high-voltage cathodes, while using conventional Li-ion battery electrolytes. Improving the cathode stability in conjunction with electrolyte modification could enable the development of practical high-voltage Li-ion batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"149-158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS Materials AuPub Date : 2024-11-11DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0004310.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043
Vaibhav Sharma, Geetika Bhardwaj, Nithisan Mahendran, Ajay Preetham K B, Pavan Nukala and Naga Phani B. Aetukuri*,
{"title":"Ti Doping Decreases Mn and Ni Dissolution from High-Voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathodes","authors":"Vaibhav Sharma, Geetika Bhardwaj, Nithisan Mahendran, Ajay Preetham K B, Pavan Nukala and Naga Phani B. Aetukuri*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c0004310.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043","url":null,"abstract":"<p >LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (LNMO), with its high operating voltage, is a favorable cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, Ni and Mn dissolution and the associated low cycle life limit their widespread adoption. In this work, we investigate titanium doping as a strategy to mitigate Mn and Ni dissolution from LNMO electrodes. We demonstrate bulk doping of Ti in LNMO up to nominal compositions of <i>x</i> = 0.15 in LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5–<i>x</i></sub>Ti<sub><i>x</i></sub>O<sub>4</sub>. Electrochemical characterization shows that titanium doping enhances the cycle life in LNMO-based half- and full cells with a negligible decrease in capacity or rate capability. Half-cells with LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.35</sub>Ti<sub>0.15</sub>O<sub>4</sub> cathodes and lithium anodes exhibited a capacity retention of 90% after 300 cycles at 1C. Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>/LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.35</sub>Ti<sub>0.15</sub>O<sub>4</sub> full cells with Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub> anodes cycled at 1C rate to 100% depth of discharge retained ∼73% of the original capacity at the end of 1000 cycles. Our work shows that cathode modification strategies could still be used for enhancing the electrochemical performance of high-voltage cathodes, while using conventional Li-ion battery electrolytes. Improving the cathode stability in conjunction with electrolyte modification could enable the development of practical high-voltage Li-ion batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":29798,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Au","volume":"5 1","pages":"149–158 149–158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.4c00043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143091585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}