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    Lv, Zhisheng; Wang, Changxian; Wan, Changjin; Wang, Renheng; Dai, Xiangyu; Wei, Jiaqi; Xia, Huarong; Li, Wenlong; Zhang, Wei; Cao, Shengkai; Zhang, Feilong; Yang, Haiyue; Loh, Xian Jun; Chen, Xiaodong

    Advanced materials (Weinheim), 07/2022, Letnik: 34, Številka: 30
    Journal Article

    Flexible electrodes that are multilayer, multimaterial, and conformal are pivotal for multifunctional wearable electronics. Traditional electronic circuits manufacturing requires substrate‐supported transfer printing, which limits their multilayer integrity and device conformability on arbitrary surfaces. Herein, a “shrinkage‐assisted patterning by evaporation” (SHAPE) method is reported, by employing evaporation‐induced interfacial strain mismatch, to fabricate auto‐detachable, freestanding, and patternable electrodes. The SHAPE method utilizes vacuum‐filtration of polyaniline/bacterial cellulose (PANI/BC) ink through a masked filtration membrane to print high‐resolution, patterned, and multilayer electrodes. The strong interlayer hydrogen bonding ensures robust multilayer integrity, while the controllable evaporative shrinking property of PANI/BC induces mismatch between the strains of the electrode and filtration membrane at the interface and thus autodetachment of electrodes. Notably, a 500‐layer substrateless micro‐supercapacitor fabricated using the SHAPE method exhibits an energy density of 350 mWh cm−2 at a power density of 40 mW cm−2, 100 times higher than reported substrate‐confined counterparts. Moreover, a digital circuit fabricated using the SHAPE method functions stably on a deformed glove, highlighting the broad wearable applications of the SHAPE method. A “shrinkage‐assisted patterning by evaporation” (SHAPE) method is reported to fabricate freestanding and flexible electrodes. The multimaterial, multilayer, and shape‐designable properties of the SHAPE method for fabrication of flexible electrodes provide electronics with unconfined stacking, customizable stretchability, and conformable integration on arbitrary surfaces, demonstrating their wide spectrum of applications in wearable and 3D integrated electronics.