Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Cellulose-based ionic conductor: An emerging material toward sustainable devices

Y Ye, L Yu, E Lizundia, Y Zhu, C Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …

Recent advances in polysaccharide-based self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Yang, L Xu, J Wang, Q Meng, S Zhong, Y Gao… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are a class of polymer materials with three-dimensional networks structure, which
can absorb a large number of water and biological fluids. Natural polysaccharides are ideal …

Stretchable and tough conductive hydrogels for flexible pressure and strain sensors

Z Wang, Y Cong, J Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible pressure and strain sensors have great potential for applications in wearable and
implantable devices, soft robotics and artificial skin. Compared to flexible sensors based on …

All‐Day Multicyclic Atmospheric Water Harvesting Enabled by Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel with Hybrid Desorption Mode

H Shan, P Poredoš, Z Ye, H Qu, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a promising approach for mitigating
worldwide water scarcity. However, reliable water supply driven by sustainable energy …

Ionic conductive hydrogels with long-lasting antifreezing, water retention and self-regeneration abilities

X Sui, H Guo, C Cai, Q Li, C Wen, X Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for flexible electronics due to
their integrated conductivity and mechanical flexibility. However, they turn to rigid and poorly …

Recent progress in natural biopolymers conductive hydrogels for flexible wearable sensors and energy devices: materials, structures, and performance

C Cui, Q Fu, L Meng, S Hao, R Dai… - ACS applied bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Natural biopolymer-based conductive hydrogels, which combine inherent renewable,
nontoxic features, biocompatibility and biodegradability of biopolymers, and excellent …

Hydrogels enable future smart batteries

P Yang, JL Yang, K Liu, HJ Fan - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The growing trend of intelligent devices ranging from wearables and soft robots to artificial
intelligence has set a high demand for smart batteries. Hydrogels provide opportunities for …

Functionalized hydrogel-based wearable gas and humidity sensors

Y Luo, J Li, Q Ding, H Wang, C Liu, J Wu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Breathing is an inherent human activity; however, the composition of the air we inhale and
gas exhale remains unknown to us. To address this, wearable vapor sensors can help …

Tough, adhesive, self-healable, and transparent ionically conductive zwitterionic nanocomposite hydrogels as skin strain sensors

L Wang, G Gao, Y Zhou, T Xu, J Chen… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
It is desired to create skin strain sensors composed of multifunctional conductive hydrogels
with excellent toughness and adhesion properties to sustain cyclic loadings during use and …