Electrode Material of PVA/PANI/GO-PANI Hybrid Hydrogels through Secondary Induced Assembly In Situ Polymerization Method for Flexible Supercapacitors

As the core component of wearable electronic devices, flexible energy storage materials play an irreplaceable role. At present, it is still a challenge to prepare flexible electrode materials with high energy density. In this paper, a polyaniline-based composite flexible conductive hydrogel (PPG-P) with a two-level conductive network is successfully prepared by a secondary induced assembly in situ polymerization method. The special conductive structure greatly promotes the efficiency of charge transfer and the utilization of electroactive substances, so that PPG-P exhibits excellent electrochemical performance. In a three-electrode system, PPG-P has a mass-specific capacitance as high as 989 F g −1 (0.5 A g −1 ). After 1000 charge and discharge cycles, the capacitance retention is 87%. Symmetrical flexible supercapacitors based on PPG-P have high specific capacitance (176 F g −1 /0.5 A g −1 ) and high energy density (15.6 Wh kg −1 ). After 1000 cycles of constant current charge and discharge, the capacitance maintains 78.1%. The preparation of PPG-P with a hierarchical structure demonstrates the possibility of achieving high energy density in flexible electrode materials, which has great application potential in the development of energy storage elements in wearable devices.