RESUMEN
Ultrathin flexible electronic devices have been attracting substantial attention for biomonitoring, display, wireless communication, and many other ubiquitous applications. In this article, organic robust redox-active polymer/carbon nanotube hybrid nanosheets with thickness of just 100 nm are reported as power sources for ultrathin devices conformable to skin. Regardless of the extreme thinness of the electrodes, a moderately large current density of 0.4 mA cm-2 is achieved due to the high output of the polymers (>10 A g-1 ). For the first time, the use of mechanically robust yet intrinsically soft electrodes and polymer nanosheet sealing leads to the fabrication of rechargeable devices with only 1-µm thickness and even with stretchable properties.
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Nanopartículas/química , Compuestos Orgánicos/química , Polímeros/química , Piel/anatomía & histología , Resinas Acrílicas/química , Óxidos N-Cíclicos/química , Electricidad , Electroquímica , Electrodos , Nanopartículas/ultraestructura , Nanotubos de Carbono/química , Nanotubos de Carbono/ultraestructuraRESUMEN
Facile charge transport by a hydrophilic organic radical-substituted polymer and the 3D current collection by a self-assembled mesh of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles lead to the operation of an ultrahigh-output rechargeable electrode. Exceptionally large current density beyond 1 A cm-2 and high areal capacity around 3 mAh cm-2 are achieved, which are 101-2 times larger than those of the previously reported so-called "ultrafast electrodes." A sub-millimeter-thick, flexible, highly safe organic redox polymer-based rechargeable device with an aqueous sodium chloride electrolyte is fabricated to demonstrate the superior performance.