Two-Dimensional Nanosheets-Based Soft Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Actuators: Recent Advances in Design, Construction, and Applications

Covalent black phosphorus/metal‐organic framework hetero‐nanostructure for high‐performance flexible supercapacitors

(2021) Guan Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft Electrochemical Actuators with a Two-Dimensional Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanowire Array

(2021) Yi-Xiang Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Engineering electrochemical actuators with large bending strain based on 3D-structure titanium carbide MXene composites

(2021) Tong Wang et al.   Nano Research

Unipolar stroke, electroosmotic pump carbon nanotube yarn muscles

(2021) Hetao Chu et al.   SCIENCE

Metal–Organic Framework‐Derived Graphitic Nanoribbons Anchored on Graphene for Electroionic Artificial Muscles

(2020) Moumita Kotal et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Origins of Boosted Charge Storage on Heteroatom-Doped Carbons

(2020) Cuixia Cui et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Magnetothermal Microfluidic-Assisted Hierarchical Microfibers for Ultra-High Energy Density Supercapacitors

(2020) Guan Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The highly stable air-operating ionic polymer metal composite actuator with consecutive channels and its potential application in soft gripper

(2020) Qingsong He et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Tuning the interlayer spacing of graphene laminate films for efficient pore utilization towards compact capacitive energy storage

(2020) Zhuangnan Li et al.   Nature Energy

Stimuli-Responsive MXene-Based Actuators

(2020) Van Hiep Nguyen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Super-tough MXene-functionalized graphene sheets

(2020) Tianzhu Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Heteroatom‐Doped and Oxygen‐Functionalized Nanocarbons for High‐Performance Supercapacitors

(2020) Subrata Ghosh et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Anisotropic Boron–Carbon Hetero‐Nanosheets for Ultrahigh Energy Density Supercapacitors

(2020) Tianyu Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Advanced carbon nanomaterials for state-of-the-art flexible supercapacitors

(2020) Ping Xie et al.   Energy Storage Materials

The Origin of Electrochemical Actuation of MnO2 /Ni Bilayer Film Derived by Redox Pseudocapacitive Process

(2019) Lingyang Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A New Class of Heteroatom-Doped Porous Carbon Materials with Unprecedented High Volumetric Capacitive Performance

(2019) Huilei Jin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Collectively Exhaustive Electrodes Based on Covalent Organic Framework and Antagonistic Co-Doping for Electroactive Ionic Artificial Muscles

(2019) Sandipan Roy et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Revealing the Pseudo‐Intercalation Charge Storage Mechanism of MXenes in Acidic Electrolyte

(2019) Xinpeng Mu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High‐Performance Hierarchical Black‐Phosphorous‐Based Soft Electrochemical Actuators in Bioinspired Applications

(2019) Guan Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self‐Catalyzed Growth of Co, N‐Codoped CNTs on Carbon‐Encased CoS x Surface: A Noble‐Metal‐Free Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Flexible Solid Zn–Air Batteries

(2019) Qian Lu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Smart Textile‐Integrated Microelectronic Systems for Wearable Applications

(2019) Jidong Shi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Deformable Ionic Polymer Artificial Mechanotransducer with an Interpenetrating Nanofibrillar Network

(2019) So Young Kim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mutually Exclusive p‐Type and n‐Type Hybrid Electrode of MoS 2 and Graphene for Artificial Soft Touch Fingers

(2019) Muhammad Taha Manzoor et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrochemical Actuators Based on Two-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx (MXene)

(2019) Di Pang et al.   NANO LETTERS

MXene artificial muscles based on ionically cross-linked Ti3C2Tx electrode for kinetic soft robotics

(2019) Sima Umrao et al.   Science Robotics

Crumpled Quaternary Nanoarchitecture of Sulfur-Doped Nickel Cobalt Selenide Directly Grown on Carbon Cloth for Making Stronger Ionic Soft Actuators

(2019) Jaehwan Kim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Defect-Rich Graphene Nanomesh Produced by Thermal Exfoliation of Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2019) Wei Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hierarchical Micro-Mesoporous Carbon-Framework-Based Hybrid Nanofibres for High-Density Capacitive Energy Storage

(2019) Hengyang Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High‐Performance Ionic‐Polymer–Metal Composite: Toward Large‐Deformation Fast‐Response Artificial Muscles

(2019) Suqian Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Flexible Method for Covalent Double Functionalization of Graphene Oxide

(2019) Shi Guo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3 N4 ): An Interface Enabler for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

(2019) Ying Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-Standing Polypyrrole/Black Phosphorus Laminated Film: Promising Electrode for Flexible Supercapacitor with Enhanced Capacitance and Cycling Stability

(2018) Shaojuan Luo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Bendable Ionic Soft Actuator Based on Nitrogen-Enriched 3D Hetero-Nanostructure Electrode

(2018) Moumita Kotal et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

True Low-Power Self-Locking Soft Actuators

(2018) Seung Jae Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward Superior Capacitive Energy Storage: Recent Advances in Pore Engineering for Dense Electrodes

(2018) Congcong Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

MoS2 -on-MXene Heterostructures as Highly Reversible Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2018) Chi Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Low-voltage-driven soft actuators

(2018) Onnuri Kim et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Two-dimensional MoS2 electromechanical actuators

(2018) Nguyen T Hung et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

(2018) E. Acome et al.   SCIENCE

High-performance graphene oxide/vapor-grown carbon fiber composite polymer actuator

(2018) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching

(2018) Jiuke Mu et al.   Nature Communications

High-performance graphdiyne-based electrochemical actuators

(2018) Chao Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Supercapacitor Electrode Applications

(2018) Kowsik Sambath Kumar et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Monolayer atomic crystal molecular superlattices

(2018) Chen Wang et al.   NATURE

Thickness-independent capacitance of vertically aligned liquid-crystalline MXenes

(2018) Yu Xia et al.   NATURE

Achieving Efficient Incorporation of π-Electrons into Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Markedly Improved Hydrogen Generation

(2018) Jing Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Microfluidic-spinning construction of black-phosphorus-hybrid microfibres for non-woven fabrics toward a high energy density flexible supercapacitor

(2018) Xingjiang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Electroactive Artificial Muscles Based on Functionally Antagonistic Core–Shell Polymer Electrolyte Derived from PS‐ b ‐PSS Block Copolymer

(2018) Van Hiep Nguyen et al.   Advanced Science

Graphdiyne: Recent Achievements in Photo- and Electrochemical Conversion

(2018) Yasong Zhao et al.   Advanced Science

Metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheet-based electrochemical actuators

(2017) Muharrem Acerce et al.   NATURE

Three-dimensional holey-graphene/niobia composite architectures for ultrahigh-rate energy storage

(2017) Hongtao Sun et al.   SCIENCE

Soft but Powerful Artificial Muscles Based on 3D Graphene-CNT-Ni Heteronanostructures

(2017) Jaehwan Kim et al.   Small

Graphene/graphitic carbon nitride hybrids for catalysis

(2017) Qing Han et al.   Materials Horizons

Electroionic Antagonistic Muscles Based on Nitrogen-Doped Carbons Derived from Poly(Triazine-Triptycene)

(2017) Sandipan Roy et al.   Advanced Science

Ultra-high-rate pseudocapacitive energy storage in two-dimensional transition metal carbides

(2017) Maria R. Lukatskaya et al.   Nature Energy

Two-dimensional heterostructures for energy storage

(2017) Ekaterina Pomerantseva et al.   Nature Energy

Electrochemical in Situ Tracking of Volumetric Changes in Two-Dimensional Metal Carbides (MXenes) in Ionic Liquids

(2016) Nicolas Jäckel et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Spontaneous, Straightforward Fabrication of Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide–Polypyrrole Composite Films for Versatile Actuators

(2016) Yue Jiang et al.   ACS Nano

Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitors based on Liquid-Exfoliated Black-Phosphorus Nanoflakes

(2016) Chunxue Hao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Origin of Improved Electrical Double-Layer Capacitance by Inclusion of Topological Defects and Dopants in Graphene for Supercapacitors

(2016) Jiafeng Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Stretchable Supercapacitors Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Molybdenum Disulfide Composites

(2016) Tian Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Two-dimensional layered MoS2: rational design, properties and electrochemical applications

(2016) Gong Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ordered and Active Nanochannel Electrode Design for High-Performance Electrochemical Actuator

(2016) Guan Wu et al.   Small

One-volt-driven superfast polymer actuators based on single-ion conductors

(2016) Onnuri Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Electrochemical and electromechanical properties of superior-performance hybrid polymer actuators exhibiting synergistic effects due to manganese oxide and multi-walled carbon nanotubes on various ionic liquids

(2016) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   RSC Advances

Sulfur and Nitrogen Co-Doped Graphene Electrodes for High-Performance Ionic Artificial Muscles

(2015) Moumita Kotal et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A phosphorene–graphene hybrid material as a high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries

(2015) Jie Sun et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon of extraordinary capacitance for electrochemical energy storage

(2015) T. Lin et al.   SCIENCE

Superior performance hybrid (electrostatic double-layer and faradaic capacitor) polymer actuators incorporating noble metal oxides and carbon black

(2015) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet electrode-based high-performance ionic actuator

(2015) Guan Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Synergistic effect of a r-GO/PANI nanocomposite electrode based air working ionic actuator with a large actuation stroke and long-term durability

(2015) Qing Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Controlling the actuation properties of MXene paper electrodes upon cation intercalation

(2015) Jeremy Come et al.   Nano Energy

Insight into the Effect of Boron Doping on Sulfur/Carbon Cathode in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

(2014) Chun-Peng Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Durable and Water-Floatable Ionic Polymer Actuator with Hydrophobic and Asymmetrically Laser-Scribed Reduced Graphene Oxide Paper Electrodes

(2014) Jaehwan Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Graphdiyne and graphyne: from theoretical predictions to practical construction

(2014) Yongjun Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

High-Performance Hybrid (Electrostatic Double-Layer and Faradaic Capacitor-Based) Polymer Actuators Incorporating Nickel Oxide and Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofibers

(2014) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   LANGMUIR

Formation of Stable Phosphorus–Carbon Bond for Enhanced Performance in Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle–Graphite Composite Battery Anodes

(2014) Jie Sun et al.   NANO LETTERS

A spongy graphene based bimorph actuator with ultra-large displacement towards biomimetic application

(2014) Ying Hu et al.   Nanoscale

Solving the Capacitive Paradox of 2D MXene using Electrochemical Quartz-Crystal Admittance and In Situ Electronic Conductance Measurements

(2014) Mikhael D. Levi et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

An interface nanostructured array guided high performance electrochemical actuator

(2014) G. Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Carbon Nanotube and Graphene-based Bioinspired Electrochemical Actuators

(2013) Lirong Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ionic electroactive polymer actuators based on nano-carbon electrodes

(2013) Kinji Asaka et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Nanocarbon based ionic actuators—a review

(2013) U Kosidlo et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Fast low-voltage electroactive actuators using nanostructured polymer electrolytes

(2013) Onnuri Kim et al.   Nature Communications

High-strain air-working soft transducers produced from nanostructured block copolymer ionomer/silicate/ionic liquid nanocomposite membranes

(2013) Jang-Woo Lee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Highly Stable Air Working Bimorph Actuator Based on a Graphene Nanosheet/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Electrode

(2012) Luhua Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphene-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticle Electrochemical Electrode for Actuator Design

(2012) Luhua Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Large volume variation of an anisotropic graphene nanosheet electrochemical–mechanical actuator under low voltage stimulation

(2012) Luhua Lu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A rationally-designed synergetic polypyrrole/graphene bilayer actuator

(2012) Jia Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Influence of the Electrolyte Film Thickness on Charge Dynamics of Ionic Liquids in Ionic Electroactive Devices

(2012) Jun-Hong Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Enhanced Electromechanical Response of Ionic Polymer Actuators by Improving Mechanical Coupling between Ions and Polymer Matrix

(2012) Yang Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Three-dimensional graphene–polypyrrole hybrid electrochemical actuator

(2012) Jia Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Combined chemical and electrochemical synthesis methods for metal-free polypyrrole actuators

(2012) Rauno Temmer et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Electrochemical actuator based on polypyrrole/sulfonated graphene/graphene tri-layer film

(2012) Anran Liu et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Electronic Structure and Carrier Mobility in Graphdiyne Sheet and Nanoribbons: Theoretical Predictions

(2011) Mengqiu Long et al.   ACS Nano

Electromechanical Actuators Based on Graphene and Graphene/Fe3O4 Hybrid Paper

(2011) Jiajie Liang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Artificial Muscles Based on Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Laminates

(2011) Wen Zheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Heterogeneous Organocatalyst: From Photochemistry to Multipurpose Catalysis to Sustainable Chemistry

(2011) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High-Performance Graphene Oxide Electromechanical Actuators

(2011) Geoffrey W. Rogers et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Graphene Actuators: Quantum-Mechanical and Electrostatic Double-Layer Effects

(2011) Geoffrey W. Rogers et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Superfast-Response and Ultrahigh-Power-Density Electromechanical Actuators Based on Hierarchal Carbon Nanotube Electrodes and Chitosan

(2011) Jinzhu Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for High-Performance Ultracapacitors and the Importance of Nitrogen-Doped Sites at Basal Planes

(2011) Hyung Mo Jeong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nonlinear strain–electric field relationship of carbon nanotube buckypaper/Nafion actuators

(2011) P.-J. Cottinet et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Molecular mechanism of ionic electroactive polymer actuators

(2011) K Kiyohara et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

An Asymmetrically Surface-Modified Graphene Film Electrochemical Actuator

(2010) Xuejun Xie et al.   ACS Nano

Hierarchical Nanocomposites of Polyaniline Nanowire Arrays on Graphene Oxide Sheets with Synergistic Effect for Energy Storage

(2010) Jingjing Xu et al.   ACS Nano

High Electromechanical Response of Ionic Polymer Actuators with Controlled-Morphology Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Nafion Nanocomposite Electrodes

(2010) Sheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrolytes in porous electrodes: Effects of the pore size and the dielectric constant of the medium

(2010) Kenji Kiyohara et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air

(2009) Ken Mukai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future

(2009) Michel Armand et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Electromechanical behavior of fully plastic actuators based on bucky gel containing various internal ionic liquids

(2008) Ichiroh Takeuchi et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

(2008) Xinchen Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS