Anti-freezing and moisturizing conductive hydrogels for strain sensing and moist-electric generation applications
Peng He, Junying Wu, Xiaofeng Pan, Lihui Chen, Kai Liu, Haili Gao, Hui Wu, Shilin Cao, Liulian Huang, Yonghao Ni
Abstract
An anti-freezing and moisturizing conductive hydrogel, capable of harvesting energy from moisture, was developed by incorporating tannic acid and carbon nanotubes into polyvinyl alcohol containing a water–glycerol dispersion.
Topics & Concepts
Polyvinyl alcoholSelf-healing hydrogelsTannic acidMaterials scienceCarbon nanotubeDispersion (optics)Electrical conductorChemical engineeringMoistureElectric heatingGlycerolNanotechnologyPolymer chemistryComposite materialChemistryOrganic chemistryOpticsPhysicsEngineeringAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsConducting polymers and applications