RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flexible, ultrathin, and multifunctional polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite films with outstanding photothermal effect, excellent mechanical and electrochemical properties

  • Ya-Ge Zhang ,
  • Ling-Zhi Huang ,
  • Qi Yuan ,
  • Ming-Guo Ma
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  • Research Center of Biomass Clean Utilization, MOE Engineering Research Center of Forestry Biomass Materials and Bioenergy, Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
yuanqixiaowo@163.com
mg_ma@bjfu.edu.cn

Received date: 20 Jul 2022

Accepted date: 03 Sep 2022

Published date: 15 Aug 2023

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2022 Higher Education Press

Abstract

Electrodes that combine energy storage with mechanical and photothermal performance are necessary for efficient development and use of flexible energy storage and conversion devices. In this study, the flexible, ultrathin, and multifunctional polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite films were fabricated via a one-step “soak and polymerization” method. The dense sandwich structure and strong interfacial interaction endowed polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite films with excellent flexibility, outstanding mechanical strength, and desired toughness. Interestingly, the polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite film electrodes with quaternary amine functionalized cellulose nanofiber had the highest specific mass capacitance (392.90 F∙g–1) and specific areal capacitance (3.32 F∙cm–2) than the electrodes with unmodified and carboxyl functionalized cellulose nanofibers. Further, the polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite films with sandwich structure had excellent photothermal conversion properties. This study demonstrated a feasible and versatile method for preparing of multifunctional composite films, having promising applications in various energy storage fields.

Cite this article

Ya-Ge Zhang , Ling-Zhi Huang , Qi Yuan , Ming-Guo Ma . Flexible, ultrathin, and multifunctional polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber composite films with outstanding photothermal effect, excellent mechanical and electrochemical properties[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2023 , 17(8) : 1028 -1037 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-022-2251-2

Acknowledgments

The financial support from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students (Grant No. G202010022187), the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFC1905901), and the Key Production Innovative Development Plan of the Southern Bingtuan (Grant No. 2019DB007) is gratefully acknowledged.

Electronic Supplementary Material

Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11705-022-2251-2 and is accessible for authorized users.
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