The Mechanical Effect of MnO2 Layers on Electrochemical Actuation Performance of Nanoporous Gold

被引:14
作者
Han, Zhifei [1 ]
Qi, Zhengpan [2 ]
Wei, Qiang [2 ]
Deng, Qibo [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Wang, Ke [4 ]
机构
[1] Tianjin Univ Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Inst New Energy Mat & Low Carbon Technol, Tianjin Key Lab Adv Funct Porous Mat, Tianjin 300384, Peoples R China
[2] Hebei Univ Technol, Sch Mech Engn, Res Inst Struct Technol Adv Equipment, Tianjin 300401, Peoples R China
[3] Nankai Univ, Coll Chem, Key Lab Adv Energy Mat Chem, Minist Educ, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China
[4] Univ Shanghai Sci & Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200093, Peoples R China
关键词
electrochemical actuation; MnO2; covering; nanoporous gold; actuation-potential response; mechanical effect; METALLIC MUSCLES; STRESS; STRAIN; NI;
D O I
10.3390/nano10102056
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
This study investigated the electrochemical actuation behavior of nanoporous material during the capacitive process. The length change of nanoporous gold (npg) was in situ investigated in a liquid environment using the dilatometry technique. The mechanical effect of MnO2 layers was introduced in this work to improve the actuation characteristics of the npg samples. Our work found that the actuation behavior of npg sample could be significantly modulated with a covering of MnO2 layers. The electrochemical actuation amplitude was efficiently improved and strongly dependent on the thickness of MnO2 layers covered. Aside from the amplitude, the phase relation between the length change and the electrode potential was inverted when covering the MnO2 layer on the npg samples. This means the expansion of the npg samples and the contraction of samples covered with the MnO2 layer when electrochemical potential sweeps positively. A simple finite element model was built up to understand the effect of the MnO2 layer. The agreement between the simulation result and the experimental data indicates that the sign-inverted actuation-potential response of nanoporous gold contributes to the mechanical effect of MnO2. It is believed that our work could offer a deep understanding on the effect of the MnO2 layer on the electrochemical actuation and then provide a useful strategy to modulate the actuation performance of nanoporous metal materials.
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