Autonomous Chemistry Enabling Environment-Adaptive Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices

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Open AccessCCS ChemistryMINI REVIEWS7 Jul 2022Autonomous Chemistry Enabling Environment-Adaptive Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices Zhisheng Lv, Wenlong Li, Jiaqi Wei, Fanny Ho, Jie Cao and Xiaodong Chen Zhisheng Lv Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138634 Singapore , Wenlong Li Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138634 Singapore , Jiaqi Wei Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck—NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore , Fanny Ho Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck—NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore , Jie Cao Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck—NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore and Xiaodong Chen *Corresponding author: E-mail Address: [email protected] Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138634 Singapore Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck—NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202202153 SectionsAboutAbstractPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail Next-generation electronics that are fused into the human body can play a key role in future intelligent communication, smart healthcare, and human enhancement applications. As a promising energy supply component for smart biointegrated electronics, environment-adaptive electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices with complementary adaptability and functions have garnered huge interest in the past decade. Owing to the advancements in autonomous chemistry, which regulate the constitutional dynamic networks in materials, EES devices have witnessed higher freedom of autonomous adaptability in terms of mechano-adaptable, biocompatibility, and stimuli-response properties for biointegrated and smart applications. In this mini-review, we summarize the recent progress in emerging environment-adaptive EES devices enabled by the constitutional dynamic network of mechanical adaptable materials, biocompatible materials, and stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymer materials. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of autonomous chemistry on the environment-adaptive EES devices are discussed. Download figure Download PowerPoint Introduction Advancements made in the merging of human consciousness and machine capabilities have driven the emergence of smart electronics.1–6 The fusion of electronics into human beings to form biointegrated systems has motivated the development of electronics with a higher degree of adaptability in ever-changing environments. To intimately integrate electronics with the human body, electronics are becoming more flexible and stretchable to accommodate the arbitrary shapes of the human body and mechanical deformation during human motion. Alongside mechanical adaptability, biointegrated electronics are also required to be biocompatible so as to operate in physiological environments, such as near-body, on-skin, and in vivo environments. Moreover, by combining with other smart functions, such as biometric sensing and stimuli-responsive actuating, smart biointegrated electronics can allow humans to share their senses and engage in collaborative work with machines to extend the limitation of the human body and machines. Progress in such adaptability of electronics and emerging symbiosis between humans and machines has unlocked exciting opportunities in fabricating biointegrated electronics for smart healthcare and hu