24 results on '"Jiuke Mu"'
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2. Electrochemically-driven actuators: from materials to mechanisms and from performance to applications.
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Lixue Yang, Yiyao Zhang, Wenting Cai, Junlong Tan, Heather Hansen, Hongzhi Wang, Yan Chen, Meifang Zhu, and Jiuke Mu
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ACTUATORS ,SOFT robotics ,MANUFACTURING processes ,KIRKENDALL effect ,MECHANICAL energy - Abstract
Soft actuators, pivotal for converting external energy into mechanical motion, have become increasingly vital in a wide range of applications, from the subtle engineering of soft robotics to the demanding environments of aerospace exploration. Among these, electrochemically-driven actuators (EC actuators), are particularly distinguished by their operation through ion diffusion or intercalation-induced volume changes. These actuators feature notable advantages, including precise deformation control under electrical stimuli, freedom from Carnot efficiency limitations, and the ability to maintain their actuated state with minimal energy use, akin to the latching state in skeletal muscles. This review extensively examines EC actuators, emphasizing their classification based on diverse material types, driving mechanisms, actuator configurations, and potential applications. It aims to illuminate the complicated driving mechanisms of different categories, uncover their underlying connections, and reveal the interdependencies among materials, mechanisms, and performances. We conduct an in-depth analysis of both conventional and emerging EC actuator materials, casting a forward-looking lens on their trajectories and pinpointing areas ready for innovation and performance enhancement strategies. We also navigate through the challenges and opportunities within the field, including optimizing current materials, exploring new materials, and scaling up production processes. Overall, this review aims to provide a scientifically robust narrative that captures the current state of EC actuators and sets a trajectory for future innovation in this rapidly advancing field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Unipolar stroke, electroosmotic pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles
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Ray H. Baughman, Seon Jeong Kim, Zhong Wang, Jiyoung Oh, Si Qin, Jong Woo Park, Jianning Ding, Jiang Xu, Sameh Tawfick, Javad Foroughi, Kevin A. Alberto, Kyeongjae Cho, Jinsong Leng, Shaoli Fang, Steven O. Nielsen, Jiuke Mu, Xinghao Hu, Joselito M. Razal, Carter S. Haines, Na Li, Xiaoshuang Zhou, Hetao Chu, Patrick Conlin, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Ningyi Yuan, Hyungjun Kim, and Maenghyo Cho
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Horizontal scan rate ,Multidisciplinary ,Materials science ,Nanotubes, Carbon ,Muscles ,Work (physics) ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,medicine.disease ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Electroosmotic pump ,medicine ,Energy transformation ,Artificial muscle ,Artificial Organs ,medicine.symptom ,0210 nano-technology ,Carbon nanotube yarn ,Stroke ,Muscle Contraction ,Biomedical engineering ,Muscle contraction - Abstract
Pump it up Carbon nanotube yarns can be used as electrochemical actuators because infiltration with ions causes a contraction in length and an expansion in diameter. Either positive or negative ions can cause this effect. Chu et al. constructed an all-solid-state muscle that eliminated the need for an electrolyte bath, which may expand the potential for its use in applications. By infiltrating the yarns with charged polymers, the fibers start partially swollen, so the length can increase through the loss of ions. It is thus possible to increase the overall stroke of the muscle. Further, these composite materials show a surprising increase in stroke with scan rate. Science , this issue p. 494
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- 2021
4. Scalable fluid-spinning nanowire-based inorganic semiconductor yarns for electrochromic actuators
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Xiangyu Zhu, Kun Wang, Li Linpeng, Hao Yu, Jiuke Mu, Yaogang Li, Qinghong Zhang, Hou Chengyi, Fan Hongwei, and Hongzhi Wang
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Nanostructure ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Nanowire ,Yarn ,Semiconductor ,Mechanics of Materials ,Electrochromism ,visual_art ,Nanofiber ,Ultimate tensile strength ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Composite material ,business ,Spinning - Abstract
Semiconductor yarns with unique functional characteristics have great potential applications in next-generation electronic devices. However, scalable inorganic semiconductor yarns with excellent mechanical and electrical properties, and environmental stability have not been discovered. In this study, we explored a unique fluid-spinning strategy to obtain a series of scalable inorganic semiconductor yarns including neat and hybrid semiconductor yarns. Different from the conventional yarn spinning strategy through a mechanical motor, we utilized the fluid force from the triple-phase interface to assemble and twist inorganic nanofiber building blocks simultaneously, and eventually obtained highly oriented inorganic nanowire-based semiconductor yarns. The obtained semiconductor yarns showed an excellent flexibility (curvature exceeding 2 cm−1) and mechanical strength (tensile strength of 443 MPa) because of their highly oriented hierarchical nanostructures, which make them coiling able with highly twisted insertion. Additionally, coiled yarns were obtained by combining the host core material and functional guest sheath in a fluid-spinning process, which are flexible in deep cryogenic temperature owing to the pure inorganic building blocks (26.28% tensile strain in liquid nitrogen). In particular, inorganic yarn-based electrochromic actuators can obtain as high as 15.3% tensile stroke and 0.82 J g−1 work capacity by electrochemical charge injection-associated multicolor switching.
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- 2021
5. Unipolar-stroke, electroosmotic-pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles
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Ray H. Baughman, Hetao Chu, Zhong Wang, Jiuke Mu, Na Li, Xiaoshuang Zhou, Shaoli Fang, Carter S. Haines, Jong W. Park, Si Qin, Ningyi Yuan, Jiang Xu, Sameh Tawfick, Hyungjun Kim, Patrick Conlin, Maenghyo Cho, Kyeongjae Cho, Jiyoung Oh, Steven Nielson, Kelvin Alberto, Joselito M. Razal, Javad Foroughi, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Seon Jeong Kim, Jianning Ding, and Jinsong Leng
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- 2022
6. More Powerful Twistron Carbon Nanotube Yarn Mechanical Energy Harvesters
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Zhong Wang, Tae Jin Mun, Fernando M. Machado, Ji Hwan Moon, Shaoli Fang, Ali E. Aliev, Mengmeng Zhang, Wenting Cai, Jiuke Mu, Jae Sang Hyeon, Jong Woo Park, Patrick Conlin, Kyeongjae Cho, Enlai Gao, Gang Wan, Chi Huynh, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Seon Jeong Kim, and Ray H. Baughman
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Abstract
Stretching a coiled carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn can provide large, reversible electrochemical capacitance changes, which convert mechanical energy to electricity. Here, it is shown that the performance of these "twistron" harvesters can be increased by optimizing the alignment of precursor CNT forests, plastically stretching the precursor twisted yarn, applying much higher tensile loads during precoiling twist than for coiling, using electrothermal pulse annealing under tension, and incorporating reduced graphene oxide nanoplates. The peak output power for a 1 and a 30 Hz sinusoidal deformation are 0.73 and 3.19 kW kg
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- 2022
7. Sheath-run artificial muscles and their use for robotics and comfort adjusting textiles (Conference Presentation)
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Jiuke Mu and Ray H. Baughman
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Materials science ,Carbon nanotube ,engineering.material ,law.invention ,Core (optical fiber) ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nylon 6 ,chemistry ,Coating ,law ,Ultimate tensile strength ,engineering ,medicine ,Artificial muscle ,Fiber ,Composite material ,medicine.symptom ,Muscle contraction - Abstract
While previous guest-filled carbon nanotube yarn muscles provide remarkable performance, whose actuation is driven by the volume change of a guest. They also have problems. For instance (a) carbon nanotube yarns are expensive and (b) input energy is provided to the entire muscle, but the central region of the muscle contributes little to muscle contraction. Here, we eliminated this problem by driving the muscle using a sheath, which can be on an inexpensive coiled yarn or fiber core. This configuration change dramatically increases muscle power and enables cheap commercialized yarns to replace expensive carbon nanotube yarns. For different application purposes, we coated different types of polymer or other materials to optimized the actuation performance under different trigger conditions. For instance, the electrochemical SRAM which using the CNT as the sheath and Nylon 6 yarn as the core can generate 1.98 W/g of average contractile power - 40 times that for human muscle and 9.0 times that of the highest power alternative electrochemical muscle. The electrothermal PEO-SO3@CNT SRAMs (PEO-SO3 as the sheath and CNT as the core) operated in air and in room-temperature water to produce 2.6 W/g (at 9 Hz) and 9.0 W/g (at 12 Hz) of full-cycle contractile power, respectively, compared with the 0.05 W/g typical of human muscle. Additionally, coating vapors or moisture response material on the twisted core material, we can obtain a muscle which operates torsional and tensile actuation under different vapor concentration or humidity. Because sheath-run muscles can be made so cheaply without using carbon nanotubes, and are easily upscaled, we fabricated a comfort adjusting textiles that respond to temperature, humidity and the presence or absence of perspiration by opening and closing pores(1). Reference (1) Mu, Jiuke, et al. "Sheath-run artificial muscles." Science 365.6449 (2019): 150-155.
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- 2020
8. Wearable Thermoelectric Devices Based on Au-Decorated Two-Dimensional MoS2
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Peiyun Li, Yang Guo, David L. Carroll, Corey A. Hewitt, Junwei Xu, Hongzhi Wang, Yaogang Li, Hou Chengyi, Chaochao Dun, Wenxiao Huang, Qinghong Zhang, and Jiuke Mu
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Doping ,Heterojunction ,02 engineering and technology ,Power factor ,Conductivity ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Thermoelectric materials ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Band bending ,Seebeck coefficient ,Thermoelectric effect ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have recently opened a new avenue to flexible thermoelectric materials with enhanced performance because of their unique electronic transport properties. Here, we report a feasible approach to improve the thermoelectric performance of transition-metal dichalcogenides by effectively decorating 2D MoS2 with Au nanoparticles using in situ growth. The present Au-decorated MoS2-assembled heterojunction system shows a certain decoupled phenomenon, that is, the Seebeck coefficient and conductivity increased simultaneously. This is due to the occurrence of p-type doping of the MoS2 2H phase and injection energy filtering of dopant-originated carriers around the local band bending at the interface. The composite flexible films can achieve a power factor value of 166.3 μW m–1 K–2 at room temperature, which have great potential for harvesting human body heat.
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- 2018
9. A wearable, fibroid, self-powered active kinematic sensor based on stretchable sheath-core structural triboelectric fibers
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Guo Yinben, Yaogang Li, Qinghong Zhang, Hongzhi Wang, Jie Zhou, Jiuke Mu, Gong Wei, and Hou Chengyi
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Coupling ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Acoustics ,Electrical engineering ,Wearable computer ,02 engineering and technology ,Bending ,Kinematics ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,General Materials Science ,Sensitivity (control systems) ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Deformation (engineering) ,0210 nano-technology ,Weaving ,business ,Triboelectric effect - Abstract
While the emerging stretchable electronic sensors have been demonstrated as promising wearable functional devices, challenges in achieving highly stretchable and self-powered fiber-like sensors still exist. Here, a stretchable sheath-core structural triboelectric fiber (SSCTEF) is developed to serve as a self-powered multifunctional kinematic sensor. Owing to the advanced built-in wavy structure design, the fiber-like sensor exhibits an ultrahigh working strain (100%) and demonstrates high sensitivity in response to not only stretching but also to bending and compressing. The working principle of the SSCTEF is verified by the coupling of numerical calculations and experimental measurements. A comprehensive study is carried out to investigate the factors that influence the output performance of the SSCTEF. By wearing, it is capable of detecting and discriminating the joint movements of human bodies. By further weaving and construction, it also shows potential for detecting the deformation in two-dimensional region. This work provides new opportunities for wearable and self-powered sensing fibers with full potential in human motion monitoring.
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- 2017
10. A flexible metallic actuator using reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional component
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Yaogang Li, Jiuke Mu, Meng Junxing, Hou Chengyi, Hongzhi Wang, and Qinghong Zhang
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Graphene ,Oxide ,02 engineering and technology ,Polymer ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Curvature ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,law ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Partial oxidation ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Actuator ,Low voltage ,Voltage - Abstract
Flexible actuators are widely in demand for many real-life applications. Considering that existing actuators based on polymers, low-dimensional materials and pore-rich materials are mostly limited by slow response rate, high driving voltage and poor stability, we report here a novel metal based flexible actuator which is fabricated simply through partial oxidation and nano-function of copper foil with the assistance of reduced graphene oxide. The obtained asymmetric metallic actuator is (electric-)thermally driven and exhibits fast response rate (∼2 s) and large curvature (2.4 cm−1) under a low voltage (∼1 V) with a sustainable operation of up to ∼50 000 cycles. The actuator can also be triggered by infrared irradiation and direct-heating under various conditions including air, water, and vacuum.
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- 2017
11. Torsional refrigeration by twisted, coiled, and supercoiled fibers
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Douglas S. Galvao, Carter S. Haines, Yicheng Xiao, Enlai Gao, Linlin Mou, Xuemin Wang, Na Li, Run Wang, Xiang Zhou, Sitong Li, Alexandre F. Fonseca, Zunfeng Liu, Shaoli Fang, Zhongsheng Liu, Wenqian He, Zhong Wang, Ali E. Aliev, Yanan Shen, Jiuke Mu, Mengmeng Chen, Wubin Zhao, Baigang An, Dong Qian, Marcio Dias Lima, Hongbing Lu, Kaiqing Yu, Shougen Yin, Yaowang Li, Ray H. Baughman, and Nan Jiang
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Materials science ,FOS: Physical sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Fishing line ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Natural rubber ,Composite material ,Twist ,Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science ,Multidisciplinary ,Refrigeration ,Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) ,Physics - Applied Physics ,Polyethylene ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Lower cost ,Cooling energy ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Twisting is cool Rubber bands that are stretched and held in an extended shape for a while will extract heat from their surroundings as they are allowed to relax, owing to a reversal of stress-induced crystallization, which is an exothermic process. Wang et al. examine the potential for solid-state cooling of twisted fibers, along with configurations such as supercoiling, for materials including natural rubber, polyethylene, and nickel-titanium fibers. The cooling is related to the change in entropy of the material as it is mechanically deformed. Science , this issue p. 216
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- 2019
12. Sheath-run artificial muscles
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Hongzhi Wang, Sepehr Talebian, Shaoli Fang, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong Yeop Lee, Javad Foroughi, Xuemin Wang, Dong Qian, Meifang Zhu, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Hongbing Lu, Hou Chengyi, Dharshika Kongahage, Na Li, Qinghong Zhang, Enlai Gao, Mônica Jung de Andrade, Taylor H. Ware, Hyun Kim, Jiuke Mu, Ray H. Baughman, Yongwoo Jang, and Hyeon Jun Sim
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Nanotube ,Materials science ,Vapor absorption ,Muscle Fibers, Skeletal ,02 engineering and technology ,Carbon nanotube ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,law ,Carbon Fiber ,Tensile Strength ,Ultimate tensile strength ,medicine ,Core (anatomy) ,Multidisciplinary ,Nanotubes, Carbon ,Work (physics) ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Artificial muscle ,Artificial Organs ,medicine.symptom ,0210 nano-technology ,Biomedical engineering ,Muscle contraction ,Muscle Contraction - Abstract
Although guest-filled carbon nanotube yarns provide record performance as torsional and tensile artificial muscles, they are expensive, and only part of the muscle effectively contributes to actuation. We describe a muscle type that provides higher performance, in which the guest that drives actuation is a sheath on a twisted or coiled core that can be an inexpensive yarn. This change from guest-filled to sheath-run artificial muscles increases the maximum work capacity by factors of 1.70 to 2.15 for tensile muscles driven electrothermally or by vapor absorption. A sheath-run electrochemical muscle generates 1.98 watts per gram of average contractile power-40 times that for human muscle and 9.0 times that of the highest power alternative electrochemical muscle. Theory predicts the observed performance advantages of sheath-run muscles.
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- 2018
13. Flexible and thermostable thermoelectric devices based on large-area and porous all-graphene films
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Yaogang Li, Yang Guo, Hongzhi Wang, Hou Chengyi, Qinghong Zhang, and Jiuke Mu
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Fabrication ,Materials science ,Graphene ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Polymer ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Engineering physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Generator (circuit theory) ,chemistry ,law ,Thermoelectric effect ,Melting point ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Porosity ,Energy harvesting - Abstract
Thermoelectric (TE) generators, being able to convert temperature gradients into electricity, are an appealing eco-friendly energy harvesting technology. In order to broaden the applications of TE materials, many researchers have focused their efforts towards flexible TE materials to substitute the commercial rigid TE devices. Most of these works used polymers as flexible TE materials, but their lower efficiency and melting point in comparison to inorganic TE materials are limiting factors for many applications. Here, we report the fabrication of a flexible and thermostable TE generator based on porous all-graphene films. The output power of the generator is up to 0.43 μW for a temperature gradient of 75 K. In addition, it runs at 550 K higher temperature than current flexible TE devices, which allows its application at much higher temperatures than conventional flexible TE.
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- 2016
14. An Elastic Transparent Conductor Based on Hierarchically Wrinkled Reduced Graphene Oxide for Artificial Muscles and Sensors
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Xuemin Wang, Jiuke Mu, Yaogang Li, Gang Wang, Qinghong Zhang, Hongzhi Wang, Hou Chengyi, and Meifang Zhu
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Materials science ,Graphene ,Mechanical Engineering ,Oxide ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Bending ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Conductor ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,law ,Transmittance ,General Materials Science ,Artificial muscle ,Deformation (engineering) ,Composite material ,0210 nano-technology ,Electrical conductor - Abstract
Using a 3D stretching method, a highly elastic reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/polyacrylic ester hierarchically wrinkled elastic transparent conductor (HWETC) is fabricated. Periodic hierarchical N-rGO layer wrinkling allows the HWETC to show high conductivity (100-457 Ω ◻-1 ) and transmittance (67-85%) under substantial stretching (>400%) and bending deformation (≈180°), which enables electrothermal actuation and strain sensing.
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- 2016
15. Single-walled carbon nanotubes/polyaniline-coated polyester thermoelectric textile with good interface stability prepared by ultrasonic induction
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Li Peng, Yang Guo, Qinghong Zhang, Jiuke Mu, Hongzhi Wang, and Yaogang Li
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Materials science ,business.industry ,General Chemical Engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Carbon nanotube ,Bending ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Polyester ,Generator (circuit theory) ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,law ,Thermoelectric effect ,Polyaniline ,Optoelectronics ,Ultrasonic sensor ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Voltage - Abstract
Wearable electronic devices such as medical sensors, hearing aids and wristwatches can run on power of μW levels. Thermoelectric (TE) generators have the potential to provide power to wearable electronic devices, because they can effectively convert body heat into electrical energy. This study presents a flexible TE generator by applying single-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline (SWNT/PANI) composites to polyesters, and it was found that ultrasonic induction can enhance the interfacial stability between SWNT/PANI composites and polyesters. The flexible TE generator can generate a TE voltage of 3.82 mV at a temperature difference of 115 K. Moreover, the TE generator can supply a maximum output power of 48.0 nW to the load at a temperature difference of 75 K. In addition to good flexibility and ventilation, the SWNT/PANI textile TE generator displays no change in performance on repeated bending for 150 cycles with a radius of 5 mm, which is important for wearable electronic devices.
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- 2016
16. Graphene-carbon nanotube papers for energy conversion and storage under sunlight and heat
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Yaogang Li, Hongzhi Wang, Qinghong Zhang, Hou Chengyi, and Jiuke Mu
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Nanotube ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Graphene ,Transistor ,General Chemistry ,Carbon nanotube ,law.invention ,Semiconductor ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Energy transformation ,General Materials Science ,business ,Thermal energy ,Nanosheet - Abstract
Graphene nanosheet devices have attracted significant interest in transistor and photodetector applications owing to photothermoelectric effects of graphene. However, their solar energy conversion ability has not been fully explored due to disadvantages of their transparency and zero gap semiconductor in this special field. Here, we propose the potential of graphene-carbon nanotube papers for energy conversion and storage under sunlight and heat. We show that macroscopic 3-dimensional structure of graphene-carbon nanotube papers provides advantages over graphene nanomaterials in converting large area power sources, namely solar and thermal energy into considerable current and voltage. We also report a graphene-carbon nanotube paper stack with p-n interfaces that incorporates a solar/thermal energy cell and a p–n junction capacitor, which can be simultaneously used for energy conversion and storage with a charge-storage capacity of 70.5 μC cm−2 at one sun intensity.
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- 2015
17. Wearable Thermoelectric Devices Based on Au-Decorated Two-Dimensional MoS
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Yang, Guo, Chaochao, Dun, Junwei, Xu, Peiyun, Li, Wenxiao, Huang, Jiuke, Mu, Chengyi, Hou, Corey A, Hewitt, Qinghong, Zhang, Yaogang, Li, David L, Carroll, and Hongzhi, Wang
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials have recently opened a new avenue to flexible thermoelectric materials with enhanced performance because of their unique electronic transport properties. Here, we report a feasible approach to improve the thermoelectric performance of transition-metal dichalcogenides by effectively decorating 2D MoS
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- 2018
18. Sequentially bridged graphene sheets with high strength, toughness, and electrical conductivity
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Lei Jiang, Ali E. Aliev, Nicholas A. Kotov, Yuchen Li, Qunfeng Cheng, Sijie Wan, Ray H. Baughman, Shaoli Fang, and Jiuke Mu
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Toughness ,Multidisciplinary ,Materials science ,Nanocomposite ,Graphene ,02 engineering and technology ,Polymer ,Carbon nanotube ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,chemistry ,Chemical bond ,law ,Covalent bond ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Composite material ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
We here show that infiltrated bridging agents can convert inexpensively fabricated graphene platelet sheets into high-performance materials, thereby avoiding the need for a polymer matrix. Two types of bridging agents were investigated for interconnecting graphene sheets, which attach to sheets by either π–π bonding or covalent bonding. When applied alone, the π–π bonding agent is most effective. However, successive application of the optimized ratio of π–π bonding and covalent bonding agents provides graphene sheets with the highest strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, electrical conductivity, electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency, and resistance to ultrasonic dissolution. Raman spectroscopy measurements of stress transfer to graphene platelets allow us to decipher the mechanisms of property improvement. In addition, the degree of orientation of graphene platelets increases with increasing effectiveness of the bonding agents, and the interlayer spacing increases. Compared with other materials that are strong in all directions within a sheet, the realized tensile strength (945 MPa) of the resin-free graphene platelet sheets was higher than for carbon nanotube or graphene platelet composites, and comparable to that of commercially available carbon fiber composites. The toughness of these composites, containing the combination of π–π bonding and covalent bonding, was much higher than for these other materials having high strengths for all in-plane directions, thereby opening the path to materials design of layered nanocomposites using multiple types of quantitatively engineered chemical bonds between nanoscale building blocks.
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- 2018
19. Wearable Devices: Ultrathin, Washable, and Large-Area Graphene Papers for Personal Thermal Management (Small 44/2017)
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Qinghong Zhang, Hongzhi Wang, Chaochao Dun, Jiuke Mu, Corey A. Hewitt, Liwen Gu, David L. Carroll, Peiyun Li, Junwei Xu, Hou Chengyi, Yaogang Li, and Yang Guo
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Materials science ,Graphene ,business.industry ,Wearable computer ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Thermal management of electronic devices and systems ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Biomaterials ,Thermal conductivity ,law ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Wearable technology ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2017
20. All-Nanoparticle Self-assembly ZnO/TiO2 Heterojunction Thin Films with Remarkably Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Activity
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Sujun Yuan, Qinghong Zhang, Yaogang Li, Hongzhi Wang, Jiuke Mu, and Ruiyi Mao
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Materials science ,chemistry ,Oxide ,Nanoparticle ,General Materials Science ,Nanotechnology ,Heterojunction ,Thin film ,Photoelectrochemical cell ,Tin oxide ,Polyelectrolyte ,Indium tin oxide - Abstract
The multilaminated ZnO/TiO2 heterojunction films were successfully deposited on conductive substrates including fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass and flexible indium tin oxide coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) via the layer-by-layer (LBL) self assembly method from the oxide colloids without using any polyelectrolytes. The positively charged ZnO nanoparticles and the negatively charged TiO2 nanoparticles were directly used as the components in the consecutive deposition process to prepare the heterojunction thin films by varying the thicknesses. Moreover, the crystal growth of both oxides could be efficiently inhibited by the good connection between ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles even after calcination at 500 °C, especially for ZnO which was able to keep the crystallite size under 25 nm. The as-prepared films were used as the working electrodes in the three-electrode photoelectrochemical cells. Because the well-contacted nanoscale heterojunctions were formed during the LBL self-assembling process, the ZnO...
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- 2014
21. Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-folding walking devices
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Meifang Zhu, Hongzhi Wang, Yaogang Li, Hou Chengyi, Jiuke Mu, and Qinghong Zhang
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Multidisciplinary ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Graphene ,Self folding ,Materials Science ,graphene paper ,SciAdv r-articles ,wearable device ,Robotics ,Nanotechnology ,Origami ,law.invention ,law ,Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS ,Artificial muscle ,Artificial intelligence ,Slow response ,self-folding ,business ,Research Articles ,Research Article ,Graphene oxide paper - Abstract
Origami-inspired self-folding graphene papers show remote control grasping, manipulation, and walking behaviors., Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper with programmed gradients in vertical and lateral directions is developed to address many of the limitations of polymer active materials including slow response and violent operation methods. Specifically, we used function-designed graphene oxide as nanoscale building blocks to fabricate an all-graphene self-folding paper that has a single-component gradient structure. A functional device composed of this graphene paper can (i) adopt predesigned shapes, (ii) walk, and (iii) turn a corner. These processes can be remote-controlled by gentle light or heating. We believe that this self-folding material holds potential for a wide range of applications such as sensing, artificial muscles, and robotics.
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- 2015
22. A multi-responsive water-driven actuator with instant and powerful performance for versatile applications
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Hou Chengyi, Bingjie Zhu, Qinghong Zhang, Jiuke Mu, Hongzhi Wang, and Yaogang Li
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Multidisciplinary ,Computer science ,Control engineering ,Bioinformatics ,Actuator ,Article ,Instant - Abstract
Mechanical actuators driven by water that respond to multiple stimuli, exhibit fast responses and large deformations and generate high stress have potential in artificial muscles, motors and generators. Meeting all these requirements in a single device remains a challenge. We report a graphene monolayer paper that undergoes reversible deformation. Its graphene oxide cells wrinkle and extend in response to water desorption and absorption, respectively. Its fast (~0.3 s), powerful (>100 MPa output stress, 7.5 × 105 N kg−1 unit mass force) and controllable actuation can be triggered by moisture, heat and light. The graphene monolayer paper has potential in artificial muscles, robotic hands and electromagnetic-free generators.
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- 2015
23. Ultrathin, Washable, and Large-Area Graphene Papers for Personal Thermal Management
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Junwei Xu, Yaogang Li, Peiyun Li, Jiuke Mu, Yang Guo, David L. Carroll, Qinghong Zhang, Hou Chengyi, Corey A. Hewitt, Liwen Gu, Hongzhi Wang, and Chaochao Dun
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Passive cooling ,Graphene ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Biomaterials ,Thermal conductivity ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,law ,Thermal ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Joule heating ,business ,Biotechnology ,Voltage ,Graphene oxide paper - Abstract
Freestanding, flexible/foldable, and wearable bifuctional ultrathin graphene paper for heating and cooling is fabricated as an active material in personal thermal management (PTM). The promising electrical conductivity grants the superior Joule heating for extra warmth of 42 °C using a low supply voltage around 3.2 V. Besides, based on its high out-of-plane thermal conductivity, the graphene paper provides passive cooling via thermal transmission from the human body to the environment within 7 s. The cooling effect of graphene paper is superior compared with that of the normal cotton fiber, and this advantage will become more prominent with the increased thickness difference. The present bifunctional graphene paper possesses high durability against bending cycles over 500 times and wash time over 1500 min, suggesting its great potential in wearable PTM.
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- 2017
24. Sequentially bridged graphene sheets with high strength, toughness, and electrical conductivity.
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Sijie Wan, Yuchen Li, Lei Jiang, Qunfeng Cheng, Kotov, Nicholas A., Jiuke Mu, Aliev, Ali E., Shaoli Fang, and Baughman, Ray H.
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ELECTRIC conductivity ,GRAPHENE ,COVALENT bonds ,RAMAN spectroscopy ,CARBON fiber-reinforced plastics ,CHEMICAL bonds ,GRAPHENE oxide - Abstract
We here show that infiltrated bridging agents can convert inexpensively fabricated graphene platelet sheets into high-performance materials, thereby avoiding the need for a polymer matrix. Two types of bridging agents were investigated for interconnecting graphene sheets, which attach to sheets by either π-π bonding or covalent bonding. When applied alone, the π-π bonding agent is most effective. However, successive application of the optimized ratio of π-π bonding and covalent bonding agents provides graphene sheets with the highest strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, electrical conductivity, electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency, and resistance to ultrasonic dissolution. Raman spectroscopy measurements of stress transfer to graphene platelets allow us to decipher the mechanisms of property improvement. In addition, the degree of orientation of graphene platelets increases with increasing effectiveness of the bonding agents, and the interlayer spacing increases. Compared with other materials that are strong in all directions within a sheet, the realized tensile strength (945 MPa) of the resin-free graphene platelet sheets was higher than for carbon nanotube or graphene platelet composites, and comparable to that of commercially available carbon fiber composites. The toughness of these composites, containing the combination of π-π bonding and covalent bonding, was much higher than for these other materials having high strengths for all in-plane directions, thereby opening the path to materials design of layered nanocomposites using multiple types of quantitatively engineered chemical bonds between nanoscale building blocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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