<p>Although lignin is the second most abundant forest biomass polymer, it has been largely neglected in hydrogel electrolytes due to its insolubility and inflexibility. In this study, a double-crosslinked hydrogel was prepared using aspartic acid-modified lignin and sodium alginate, significantly improving the mechanical properties. The hydrogel exhibited an exceptional strain of 3008% and a tensile strength of 0.03 MPa, demonstrating its remarkable mechanical properties. In addition, high ionic conductivity (11.7 mS·cm<sup>−1</sup>) was obtained due to the abundant presence of hydrophilic groups in the hydrogel. The hydrogel-assembled supercapacitor manifested an impressive specific capacitance of 39.46 F·g<sup>−1</sup>. Notably, the supercapacitor showed a wide potential window of 0–1.5 V and achieved a maximum energy density of 5.48 Wh·kg<sup>−1</sup> at the power density of 499.9 W·kg<sup>−1</sup>. The capacitance retention remained at 115% after 10000 charge-discharge cycles. Finally, the coulombic efficiency was almost 100% during the cycles. Upon reaching a bending angle of 90°, the specific capacitance retention remained impressively high at 94%. These results suggest that the supercapacitor cans maintain normal electrochemical performance under extremely harsh conditions.</p>

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Stretchable and conductive lignin hydrogel electrolyte for flexible supercapacitor

  • He-Fei Wan,
  • Xin Zhao,
  • Qian Guo,
  • Ce Gao,
  • Run-Cang Sun

摘要

Although lignin is the second most abundant forest biomass polymer, it has been largely neglected in hydrogel electrolytes due to its insolubility and inflexibility. In this study, a double-crosslinked hydrogel was prepared using aspartic acid-modified lignin and sodium alginate, significantly improving the mechanical properties. The hydrogel exhibited an exceptional strain of 3008% and a tensile strength of 0.03 MPa, demonstrating its remarkable mechanical properties. In addition, high ionic conductivity (11.7 mS·cm−1) was obtained due to the abundant presence of hydrophilic groups in the hydrogel. The hydrogel-assembled supercapacitor manifested an impressive specific capacitance of 39.46 F·g−1. Notably, the supercapacitor showed a wide potential window of 0–1.5 V and achieved a maximum energy density of 5.48 Wh·kg−1 at the power density of 499.9 W·kg−1. The capacitance retention remained at 115% after 10000 charge-discharge cycles. Finally, the coulombic efficiency was almost 100% during the cycles. Upon reaching a bending angle of 90°, the specific capacitance retention remained impressively high at 94%. These results suggest that the supercapacitor cans maintain normal electrochemical performance under extremely harsh conditions.