Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-Based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang 515200, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 Jan 24;16(3):3279-3288. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c14264. Epub 2024 Jan 10.
Herein, we develop a new intelligent moisture-sensitive hybrid aerogel by evenly embedding a proton-conductive covalent organic framework (COF-2SOH) into a carboxylated cellulose nanofiber network (CNF-C) for water harvesting and spontaneous sustained electricity production from ambient humidity and human respiration. Our strategy first exploits the "suspending agent" role of CNF-C to stably disperse COF materials in water for forming uniform hierarchical hybrid structures. By utilizing the synergy of COF-2SOH and CNF-C together with their inherent structure merits and surface group effects, the hybrid aerogel displays increased water uptake and ion conductivity. Upon asymmetric moisturization, it can create a self-maintained moisture gradient to engender a concentration difference for mobile Na and H, resulting in efficient charge separation and diffusion. Thus, the hybrid aerogel-based coin-type generator achieves a continuous output voltage of ∼0.55 V for at least 5 h in ambient environments in contrast to that using pure CNF-C and carbon-based generators with transient voltage response. Intriguingly, the wearable generator with an aerogel in a mask is more sensitive to human respiration and achieves repeatable and reliable self-charge for persistent electricity along with an increased output voltage of up to 1.0 V and much faster self-charge (only 3 min), both of which surpass most reported moisture-enabled generators.
在此,我们通过将质子导电共价有机骨架(COF-2SOH)均匀嵌入到羧基化纤维素纳米纤维网络(CNF-C)中,开发了一种新的智能湿度敏感混合气凝胶,用于从环境湿度和人体呼吸中采集水并自发持续发电。我们的策略首先利用 CNF-C 的“悬浮剂”作用,在水中稳定分散 COF 材料,形成均匀的分级混合结构。通过利用 COF-2SOH 和 CNF-C 的协同作用以及它们固有的结构优点和表面基团效应,混合气凝胶显示出更高的吸水性和离子电导率。在不对称吸湿作用下,它可以创造一个自我维持的湿度梯度,产生移动 Na 和 H 的浓度差,从而实现有效的电荷分离和扩散。因此,基于混合气凝胶的硬币型发电机在环境中至少能持续输出 0.55 V 的电压达 5 小时,而使用纯 CNF-C 和基于碳的发电机的电压响应是瞬时的。有趣的是,带有气凝胶的口罩式可穿戴发电机对人体呼吸更为敏感,能够实现可重复、可靠的自充电,持续发电,输出电压高达 1.0 V,自充电速度更快(仅 3 分钟),这两个指标都超过了大多数已报道的湿气发电装置。