School of Optical and Electronic Information, Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics MOE and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
ACS Nano. 2022 Mar 22;16(3):3744-3755. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07614. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
Currently, various electronic devices make our life more and more safe, healthy, and comfortable, but at the same time, they produce a large amount of nondegradable and nonrecyclable electronic waste that threatens our environment. In this work, we explore an environmentally friendly and flexible mechanical sensor that is biodegradable and recyclable. The sensor consists of a bacterial cellulose (BC) hydrogel as the matrix and imidazolium perchlorate (ImClO) molecular ferroelectric as the functional element, the hybrid of which possesses a high sensitivity of 4 mV kPa and a wide operational range from 0.2 to 31.25 kPa, outperforming those of most devices based on conventional functional biomaterials. Moreover, the BC hydrogel can be fully degraded into glucose and oligosaccharides, while ImClO can be recyclable and reused for the same devices, leaving no environmentally hazardous electronic waste.
目前,各种电子设备使我们的生活越来越安全、健康和舒适,但与此同时,它们也产生了大量不可降解和不可回收的电子垃圾,威胁着我们的环境。在这项工作中,我们探索了一种环保且灵活的机械传感器,它是可生物降解和可回收的。该传感器由细菌纤维素 (BC) 水凝胶作为基质和高氯酸咪唑 (ImClO) 分子铁电体作为功能元件组成,其混合物具有 4 mV kPa 的高灵敏度和 0.2 至 31.25 kPa 的宽工作范围,优于大多数基于传统功能生物材料的设备。此外,BC 水凝胶可以完全降解为葡萄糖和寡糖,而 ImClO 可以回收并重复用于相同的设备,不会留下任何对环境有害的电子垃圾。