"Conductive polymers for stretchable supercapacitors" by Yaqun Wang, Yu Ding et al.

Article Title

Conductive polymers for stretchable supercapacitors

Authors

Yaqun Wang, Country College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Yu Ding, Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA
Xuelin Guo, Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA
Guihua Yu, Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA

Keywords

conductive polymer, stretchable, supercapacitor, pseudocapacitive, energy storage

Abstract

Stretchable energy storage devices, maintaining the capability of steady operation under large mechanical strain, have become increasing more important with the development of stretchable electronic devices. Stretchable supercapacitors (SSCs), with high power density, modest energy density, and superior mechanical properties are regarded as one of the most promising power supplies to stretchable electronic devices. Conductive polymers, such as polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPy), polythiophene (PTh) and poly(3,4-ehtylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), are among the well-studied electroactive materials for the construction of SSCs because of their high specific theoretical capacity, excellent electrochemical activity, light weight, and high flexibility. Much effort has been devoted to developing stretchable, conductive polymer-based SSCs with different device structures, such as sandwich-type and fiber-shaped type SSCs. This review summarizes the material and structural design for conductive polymer-based SSCs and discusses the challenge and important directions in this emerging field.