Aligned ionogel electrolytes for high‐temperature supercapacitors
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Ionogels are a new class of promising materials for use in all‐solid‐state energy storage devices in which they can function as an integrated separator and electrolyte. However, their performance is limited by the presence of a crosslinking polymer, which is needed to improve the mechanical properties, but compromises their ionic conductivity. Here, directional freezing is used followed by a solvent replacement method to prepare aligned nanocomposite ionogels which exhibit enhanced ionic conductivity, good mechanical strength, and thermal stability simultaneously. The aligned ionogel based supercapacitor achieves a 29% higher specific capacitance (176 F g−1 at 25 °C and 1 A g−1) than an equivalent nonaligned form. Notably, this thermally stable aligned ionogel has a high ionic conductivity of 22.1 mS cm−1 and achieves a high specific capacitance of 167 F g−1 at 10 A g−1 and 200 °C. Furthermore, the diffusion simulations conducted on 3D reconstructed tomography images are employed to explain the improved conductivity in the relevant direction of the aligned structure compared to the nonaligned. This work demonstrates the synthesis, analysis, and use of aligned ionogels as supercapacitor separators and electrolytes, representing a promising direction for the development of wearable electronics coupled with image based process and simulations.
Date Issued
2019-03-06
Date Acceptance
2018-11-19
Citation
Advanced Science, 2019, 6 (5), pp.1-7
ISSN
2198-3844
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Start Page
1
End Page
7
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Science
Volume
6
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Innovate UK
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201801337
Grant Number
EP/K002252/1
J15119 - PO:500174140
133376
EP/L019469/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
aligned ionogels
supercapacitors
thermal tolerance
tortuosity factors
X-ray tomography
IONIC LIQUID
IONOGEL ELECTROLYTE
IMPEDANCE
GELS
CONDUCTIVITY
PERFORMANCE
TOMOGRAPHY
PORES
X‐ray tomography
aligned ionogels
supercapacitors
thermal tolerance
tortuosity factors
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e1801337
Date Publish Online
2019-01-22