Development of conductive PVA polymer using Co(II)Li(I)-enriched metallohydrogel filler for soft electrochemical applications

Abstract

A Li+ -enriched Co2+ containing conductive STL-Co metallohydrogel (2% w/v) has been synthesized with an objective to engineer a PVA polymer- metallohydrogel composite for the fabrication of soft electrochemical devices. Inclusion of conductive metallohydrogel (1.73x10-2 S cm-1) to non-conductive PVA polymer led to a mechanically stable conductive STL-Co-PVA polymeric matrix (8.5x10-3 S cm-1).