Stretchable textile with ultra-high electromagnetic interference shielding performance based on porous wrinkled conductive network

Abstract

The soaring growth of flexible electronic devices has boosted the demand for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials with excellent stretchability, stability and even breathability. However, it is still a challenge to develop conductive materials with outstanding stretchable EMI shielding performance. In this work, we developed a textile with porous wrinkled conductive network through in situ polydopamine-assisted deposition of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on wrinkled fiber mat and polydimethylsiloxane post modification. This unique wrinkled conductive networks endows the textile with excellent electrical conductivity (103700 S/m), good breathability, superhydrophobicity, and ultra-high stretchable EMI shielding properties. The EMI shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of the textile reaches 101.1 dB in unstretched state and still maintains at 94.1 dB at 100 % tensile strain. The superhigh EMI SE under such a high strain is much higher than the previously reported results so far. Moreover, the textile shows exceptionally good cyclic tensile durability under 100 % stain. After 1000 tensile cycles with 100 % strain, the EMI SE of sample only drops by 3.8 %. This work provides a new path for developing stretchable high EMI shielding performance materials, which is of great significance to solve the EMI problems of emerging flexible and wearable electronic devices.