Durable and stretchable nanocomposite ionogels with high thermoelectric property for low-grade heat harvesting

作     者：XIAO Meng YAO Yuan LIU WenGuang 

作者机构：School of Materials Science and EngineeringTianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional MaterialsTianjin UniversityTianjin300350China 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第66卷第1期

页      面：267-280页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0703100) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51733006) 

主　　题：multiple H-bond waterborne polyurethane nanocomposite ionogel ionic thermoelectric capacitors low-grade heat harvesting 

摘      要：Stretchable ionic thermoelectric(i-TE) materials have attracted growing interest in converting low-grade thermal energy into electricity. However, substantial improvement on i-TE performance of quasi-solid ionogels remains a significant ***, a nanocomposite ionogel with skin-like stretchability, high i-TE performance, thermostability and durability is prepared by hybridizing ionic liquid(IL) and Laponite nanosheets into waterborne polyurethane(WPU). With multiple H-bond, WPU can accommodate a higher content of IL, thereby improving its ionic conductivity. After cation exchange between IL and Laponite,the negatively charged Laponite sheets and released Na+can enhance the ionic Seebeck coefficient by enlarging thermophoretic mobility difference between the cations and anions in ionogel. Besides, incorporation of Laponite causes the decrease of thermal conductivity. Thus, the WPU-IL-Laponite ionogel exhibits a high ionic thermopower of 44.1 m V K-1, high ionic conductivity of 14.1 m S cm-1and low thermal conductivity of 0.43 W m-1K-1at a relative humidity of 90%. The corresponding ionic figure of merit of the ionogel is 1.90±0.27. Moreover, the ionogel demonstrates excellent durability during repeated stretching *** stretchable ionogel can be fabricated into ionic thermoelectric capacitor to convert thermal energy from solar radiation into electricity.