Liquid Metal-Promoted Supramolecular Interactions Enable Ultrafast Self-Healing Triboelectric Materials with High Performance at Room Temperature
Weiqing Peng, Ye Zhang, Zhijun Zhang, Hui Zhao, Haohe Huang, Jiamin Zhao, Bingxu Cheng, Juanxia He, Bei Xu, Baijun Shang, Shuangxi Nie, Shuangfei Wang, Qingshan Duan
Abstract
Soft self-healing materials are excellent candidates for wearable devices to power sensors due to their excellent compliance, extensibility, and self-restorability. However, combining ultrafast and autonomous restorative properties with excellent mechanical capabilities for application in self-powered wearable device still poses challenges. Utilizing the high mobility and conductivity of liquid metal, this paper incorporates it into polydimethylsiloxane by a supramolecular interfacial assembly strategy to prepare a triboelectric material with ultrahigh stretchability (12000%) and remarkable self-healing (30 min at ∼25 °C). The dynamic bonds endow the material with excellent and universal self-healing ability under extreme environments (−20 °C, near infrared, and underwater), mechanical durability, and triboelectric properties (100 V and 0.81 W/m 2 ). By integrating the material into wearable self-powered devices, real-time feedback on human joint movement is enabled. This work offers a valuable strategy to balance the trade-off between shape adaptation and self-healing, paving the way for enhanced applicability in sensing applications.