TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward Stretchable Self-Powered Sensors Based on the Thermoelectric Response of PEDOT:PSS/Polyurethane Blends
AU - Taroni, Prospero J.
AU - Santagiuliana, Giovanni
AU - Wan, Kening
AU - Calado, Philip
AU - Qiu, Manting
AU - Zhang, Han
AU - Pugno, Nicola M.
AU - Palma, Matteo
AU - Stingelin-Stutzman, Natalie
AU - Heeney, Martin
AU - Fenwick, Oliver
AU - Baxendale, Mark
AU - Bilotti, Emiliano
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2023-02-14
PY - 2018/4/11
Y1 - 2018/4/11
N2 - The development of new flexible and stretchable sensors addresses the demands of upcoming application fields like internet-of-things, soft robotics, and health/structure monitoring. However, finding a reliable and robust power source to operate these devices, particularly in off-the-grid, maintenance-free applications, still poses a great challenge. The exploitation of ubiquitous temperature gradients, as the source of energy, can become a practical solution, since the recent discovery of the outstanding thermoelectric properties of a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). Unfortunately the use of PEDOT:PSS is currently constrained by its brittleness and limited processability. Herein, PEDOT:PSS is blended with a commercial elastomeric polyurethane (Lycra), to obtain tough and processable self-standing films. A remarkable strain-at-break of ≈700% is achieved for blends with 90 wt% Lycra, after ethylene glycol treatment, without affecting the Seebeck voltage. For the first time the viability of these novel blends as stretchable self-powered sensors is demonstrated.
AB - The development of new flexible and stretchable sensors addresses the demands of upcoming application fields like internet-of-things, soft robotics, and health/structure monitoring. However, finding a reliable and robust power source to operate these devices, particularly in off-the-grid, maintenance-free applications, still poses a great challenge. The exploitation of ubiquitous temperature gradients, as the source of energy, can become a practical solution, since the recent discovery of the outstanding thermoelectric properties of a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). Unfortunately the use of PEDOT:PSS is currently constrained by its brittleness and limited processability. Herein, PEDOT:PSS is blended with a commercial elastomeric polyurethane (Lycra), to obtain tough and processable self-standing films. A remarkable strain-at-break of ≈700% is achieved for blends with 90 wt% Lycra, after ethylene glycol treatment, without affecting the Seebeck voltage. For the first time the viability of these novel blends as stretchable self-powered sensors is demonstrated.
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.201704285
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038101386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/adfm.201704285
DO - 10.1002/adfm.201704285
M3 - Article
SN - 1057-9257
VL - 28
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
IS - 15
ER -