TY - JOUR
T1 - A Self-standing Organic Supercapacitor to Power Bioelectronic Devices
AU - Nikiforidis, Georgios
AU - Wustoni, Shofarul
AU - ohayon, David
AU - Druet, Victor
AU - Inal, Sahika
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR-2015-Sensors-2719
Acknowledgements: G.N. and S.I. thank the support by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. OSR-2015-Sensors-2719. Scheme 1, Figure 2a, and the TOC image were created by Heno Hwang, scientific illustrator at KAUST. The authors thank Dr. Craig Combe and Prof. Iain McCulloch (KAUST Solar Center) for the synthesis of the ion-selective EDOT monomer.
PY - 2020/7/27
Y1 - 2020/7/27
N2 - The last decade has witnessed rapid progress in the development of implantable and wearable bio(chemical) sensors, which allow for real-time, continuous health monitoring. Among different device configurations, organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have shown great potential in transducing weak biological signals with on-site amplification and as components of complex circuits with low power requirements. Yet, a significant technological challenge remains in the way these devices are integrated with power sources that are conventionally bulky and rigid. Here, we present a simple process to assemble a supercapacitor (SC) that is self-standing, lightweight, and biocompatible and made of two identical conducting polymer (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) electrodes and an agarose hydrogel comprising alkali metal halides. This SC is distinguished by its high energy and power density (20 Wh kg-1 and 105 W kg-1, respectively), moderate gravimetric specific capacitance (70 F g-1), excellent stability (charge retention of 75% after 12,000 cycles), operational flexibility (can accommodate various types of aqueous electrolytes), long-lasting self-discharge (>10 h), and fast response time (between 0.1 and 30 s). We use the SC to power a micron-scale OECT, which selectively detects sodium ions in aqueous media. When miniaturized, the SC maintains its high performance and delivers a volumetric capacitance of 240 F cm-3, highlighting the possibility of fabrication in nonstandard form factors to couple with various bioelectronic devices. This low-cost and portable power source instigates the development of robust and biocompatible onboard power sources to be implemented alongside biosensors.
AB - The last decade has witnessed rapid progress in the development of implantable and wearable bio(chemical) sensors, which allow for real-time, continuous health monitoring. Among different device configurations, organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have shown great potential in transducing weak biological signals with on-site amplification and as components of complex circuits with low power requirements. Yet, a significant technological challenge remains in the way these devices are integrated with power sources that are conventionally bulky and rigid. Here, we present a simple process to assemble a supercapacitor (SC) that is self-standing, lightweight, and biocompatible and made of two identical conducting polymer (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) electrodes and an agarose hydrogel comprising alkali metal halides. This SC is distinguished by its high energy and power density (20 Wh kg-1 and 105 W kg-1, respectively), moderate gravimetric specific capacitance (70 F g-1), excellent stability (charge retention of 75% after 12,000 cycles), operational flexibility (can accommodate various types of aqueous electrolytes), long-lasting self-discharge (>10 h), and fast response time (between 0.1 and 30 s). We use the SC to power a micron-scale OECT, which selectively detects sodium ions in aqueous media. When miniaturized, the SC maintains its high performance and delivers a volumetric capacitance of 240 F cm-3, highlighting the possibility of fabrication in nonstandard form factors to couple with various bioelectronic devices. This low-cost and portable power source instigates the development of robust and biocompatible onboard power sources to be implemented alongside biosensors.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665294
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.0c01299
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091097951&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acsaem.0c01299
DO - 10.1021/acsaem.0c01299
M3 - Article
SN - 2574-0962
VL - 3
SP - 7896
EP - 7907
JO - ACS Applied Energy Materials
JF - ACS Applied Energy Materials
IS - 8
ER -