Photoswitchable Micro-Supercapacitor Based on a Diarylethene-Graphene Composite Film

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Jul 19;139(28):9443-9446. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b04491. Epub 2017 Jul 6.

Abstract

Stimuli-responsive micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) controlled by external stimuli can enable a wide range of applications for future on-chip energy storage. Here, we report on a photoswitchable MSC based on a diarylethene-graphene composite film. The microdevice delivers an outstanding and reversible capacitance modulation of up to 20%, demonstrating a prototype photoswitchable MSC. Terahertz spectroscopy indicates that the photoswitching of the capacitance is enabled by the reversible tuning of interfacial charge injection into diarylethene molecular orbitals, as a consequence of charge transfer at the diarylethene-graphene interface upon light modulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't