There is usually a trade-off between high mechanical strength and dynamic self-healing because the mechanisms of these properties are mutually exclusive.Herein,we design and fabricate a fluorinated phenolic polyuretha...There is usually a trade-off between high mechanical strength and dynamic self-healing because the mechanisms of these properties are mutually exclusive.Herein,we design and fabricate a fluorinated phenolic polyurethane(FPPU)elastomer based on octafluoro-4,4'-biphenol to overcome this challenge.This fluorine-based motif not only tunes interchain interactions throughπ-πstacking between aromatic rings and free-volume among polymer chains but also improves the reversibility of phenol-carbamate bonds via electron-withdrawing effect of fluorine atoms.The developed FPPU elastomer shows the highest recorded puncture energy(648.0 m J),high tensile strength(27.0 MPa),as well as excellent selfhealing efficiency(92.3%),along with low surface energy(50.9 MJ m^(-2)),notch-insensitivity,and reprocessability compared with non-fluorinated counterpart biphenolic polyurethane(BPPU)elastomer.Taking advantage of the above-mentioned merits of FPPU elastomer,we prepare an anti-fouling triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG)with a self-healable,and reprocessable elastic substrate.Benefiting from stronger electron affinity of fluorine atoms than hydrogen atoms,this electronic device exhibits ultrahigh peak open-circuit voltage of 302.3 V compared to the TENG fabricated from BPPU elastomer.Furthermore,a healable and stretchable conductive composite is prepared.This research provides a distinct and general pathway toward constructing high-performance elastomers and will enable a series of new applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52173117,52073049,and 21991123)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2101800 and 2021YFC2400802)+3 种基金Ningbo 2025 Science and Technology Major Project(2019B10068)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(22ZR1400700)Shanghai Rising-Star Program(21QA1400200)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(20DZ2254900 and 20DZ2270800)。
文摘There is usually a trade-off between high mechanical strength and dynamic self-healing because the mechanisms of these properties are mutually exclusive.Herein,we design and fabricate a fluorinated phenolic polyurethane(FPPU)elastomer based on octafluoro-4,4'-biphenol to overcome this challenge.This fluorine-based motif not only tunes interchain interactions throughπ-πstacking between aromatic rings and free-volume among polymer chains but also improves the reversibility of phenol-carbamate bonds via electron-withdrawing effect of fluorine atoms.The developed FPPU elastomer shows the highest recorded puncture energy(648.0 m J),high tensile strength(27.0 MPa),as well as excellent selfhealing efficiency(92.3%),along with low surface energy(50.9 MJ m^(-2)),notch-insensitivity,and reprocessability compared with non-fluorinated counterpart biphenolic polyurethane(BPPU)elastomer.Taking advantage of the above-mentioned merits of FPPU elastomer,we prepare an anti-fouling triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG)with a self-healable,and reprocessable elastic substrate.Benefiting from stronger electron affinity of fluorine atoms than hydrogen atoms,this electronic device exhibits ultrahigh peak open-circuit voltage of 302.3 V compared to the TENG fabricated from BPPU elastomer.Furthermore,a healable and stretchable conductive composite is prepared.This research provides a distinct and general pathway toward constructing high-performance elastomers and will enable a series of new applications.