摘要
With decreasing size of integrated circuits in wearable electronic devices,the circuit is more susceptible to aging or fracture problem,subsequently decreasing the transmission efficiency of electricity.Micro-healing represents a good approach to solve this problem.Herein,we report a water vapor method to repair microfiber-based electrodes by precise positioning and rapid healing at their original fracture sites.To realize this micro-level conducting healing,we utilize a bimaterial composed of polymeric microfibers as healing agents and electrically conductive species on its surface.This composite electrode shows a high-performance conductivity,great transparency,and ultra-flexibility.The transmittance of our electrode could reach up to 88 and 90%with a sheet resistance of 1 and 2.8Ωsq^(−1),respectively,which might be the best performance among Au-based materials as we know.Moreover,after tensile failure,water vapor is introduced to mediate heat transfer for the healing process,and within seconds the network electrode could be healed along with recovering of its resistance.The recovering process could be attributed to the combination of adhesion force and capillary force at this bimaterial interface.Finally,this functional network is fabricated as a wearable pressure/strain sensing device.It shows excellent stretchability and mechanical durability upon 1000 cycles.
基金
This research was supported by grants from the Danish National Research Foundation(grant no.DFF-6108–00396)
Young Investigator Program from the Villum Foundation(grant no.VKR022954)
AUFF NOVA-Project(grant no.AUFF-E-2015-FLS-9-18)
EU H2020(MNR4SCELL no.734174)
International Technological Collaboration Project of Shanghai(grant no.17520710300)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.51671136)
Research start-up funds of DGUT(grant no.GC300501-17).
