Multibetwork-structured PAM-AG/CNF-MXene triboelectric hydrogels

Self-powered flexible electronic devices are being rapidly developed rapidly for the field of sensing and motion monitoring, posing greater challenges to friction electrical materials. Triboelectric hydrogels must be enhanced in terms of their electrical conductivity and mechanical strength to address the poor stability, low sensitivity, and susceptibility to unpredictable physical damage of conventional hydrogels. In this study, multinetwork polyacrylamide (PAM)-agar (AG)/nanofibrillar cellulose (CNF)-MXene triboelectric hydrogels with homogeneous structures were prepared. By adopting AG and CNF as "sacrificial bonding" modes and utilizing the high conductivity of MXene , triboelectric hydrogels were found to have good electrical conductivity, high tensile properties , high tensile strength , and high sensitivity. Single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerators made of triboelectric hydrogels were used as self-powered wearable sensors for accurately detecting the amplitude of movement in different parts of the human body during exercise. The results obtained in this study have positive implications for promoting the design of high-performance hydrogel materials and their application in flexible wearable sensors.