Self-healing Ionic Liquid-based Electronics and Beyond

• 作者: Shenglong Liao Xiaodong Lian Yapei Wang
• 来源期刊: 高分子科学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（10）
• 所属期刊栏目: FEATURE ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 1235-1245
• 页数: 11页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Owing to the advantages of non-volatility,outstanding fluidity and easy recyclability,ionic liquid-based electronics,such as thermometer,strain sensors and thermoelectric converters,have been growing as attractive alternatives to traditionally solid electronics.The fluidic character endows the ionic liquid-based circuit with self-healing ability,satisfying the needs of longer lifetime and less waste generation for electronics,while at the same time brings the risk of leakage.Avoiding the leakage without sacrifice of self-healing ability is one of the major challenges for constructing ionic liquid-based electronic devices.In this feature article,we summarize our recent progresses in developing two types of self-healing electrical devices based on ionic liquids with little risk of leakage.One type involves the encapsulation of ionic liquids in self-healing polymers,and the other type uses ionic polymers or free-standing ionic liquids which are successfully formulated as intrinsically conductive,self-healing,and recyclable electronic devices without additional encapsulation.In the end,a comprehensive outlook is prospected for the future development of ionic liquid-based self-healing electronics,which is expected to spur more innovative work in this field.