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Lignin/soy protein isolate-based hydrogel polymer electrolytes for flexible solid-state supercapacitors with low temperature resistance

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Owing to the increasing low-carbon demand, environmentally friendly supercapacitors with low temperature resistance have attracted increasing attention. Herein, biomass hydrogels were successfully fabricated by covalently cross-linked lignin (Lig) with soy protein isolate (SPI) and assembled into supercapacitors. The performance of hydrogel electrolytes and the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors were studied systematically. The hydrogel electrolyte achieved the highest ionic conductivity of 0.086 S cm−1 with 50% addition of SPI. The supercapacitor displayed an excellent specific capacitance of 150.80 F g−1 at room temperature. Importantly, over 10,000 charge-discharge cycles, the capacitance retention rate maintained more than 73.5%, and the coulombic efficiency was around 100%. Besides, the electrochemical performance of the supercapacitors at low temperature was investigated as well. Even at −20 °C, the flexible supercapacitor could keep a specific capacitance of 135.71 F g−1, with a capacitance retention rate up to 90% of room temperature, indicating a prominent resistance at subzero temperature. Overall, this work lays a foundation for the preparation of environmentally friendly and low temperature resistant solid-state supercapacitors, which is conducive to the practical application under harsh environments.

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This work was financially supported by the National Undergraduate Training Programs for innovations (grant number 202210225055), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 51603032), and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China (grant number LH2023E006).

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    Yuting Duan, Jiadong Long, Yanhang Li, Xin Tian, Jiaqi Li, Zezhong Fang, Jian Wang & Pengfei Huo

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China

    Yuting Duan, Jiadong Long, Yanhang Li, Xin Tian, Jiaqi Li, Zezhong Fang, Jian Wang & Pengfei Huo

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Yuting Duan and Jiadong Long contributed equally to this work: writing-original draft, investigation, methodology, and visualization. Yanhang Li: investigation and methodology. Xin Tian: validation and formal analysis. Jiaqi Li: formal analysis and software. Zezhong Fang: investigation. Jian Wang: visualization and supervision. Pengfei Huo: conceptualization, review, editing, funding acquisition, and supervision.

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Duan, Y., Long, J., Li, Y. et al. Lignin/soy protein isolate-based hydrogel polymer electrolytes for flexible solid-state supercapacitors with low temperature resistance. J Solid State Electrochem (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05726-0

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