Fabrication of Gelatin-Derived Gel Electrolyte Using Deep Eutectic Solvents through In Situ Derivatization and Crosslinking Strategy for Supercapacitors and Flexible Sensors.
Antai ZhuQinqin XuJun HuangYue LiFazhi ZhangShangdong QinShizhao LiChao WanHai Bo XiePublished in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2023)
The facile fabrication of gel polymer electrolytes is crucial to the development of flexible electronics, and the use of natural polymers as sources has obtained great attention due to their abundant, low-cost, biodegradable, easy modification, and biocompatible features. In this article, a facile fabrication protocol to engineer gelatin into gel electrolytes was developed by taking the advantages of both deep eutectic solvent (DES) (including its good solubility to gelatin and satisfactory electrochemical properties) and rich active functional groups of gelatin, through in situ derivatization and crosslinking strategy. A double-crosslinked DES gel electrolyte was prepared with the dissolution of gelatin in choline chloride and alcohol-based DES and a further crosslinking with Fe 3+ ions. The obtained DES gel presented outstanding mechanical properties, excellent ionic conductivity (up to 10 1 -10 2 mS/cm), a wide operating temperature range (-40 to 80 °C), satisfactory self-healing property, and good degradability. Moreover, the obtained DES gel electrolyte was successfully applied to supercapacitors and flexible sensors, showing excellent electrochemical performance and strain-response properties. In a word, our study provides a facile protocol to engineer gelatin into gel electrolytes by using deep eutectic solvent, showing significant insights into the design and preparation of sustainable gel polymer electrolytes and having great application potential in next-generation high-performance flexible electronics.
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