Light-triggered autonomous shape-reconfigurable and locomotive rechargeable power sources

Light-triggered autonomous shape-reconfigurable and locomotive rechargeable power sources (SL-PSs) are presented by monolithically integrating quasi-solid-state supercapacitors with thermoresponsive liquid crystalline polymer network substrates through a device-customized printing. The SL-PSs convey a model cargo through photothermal stimuli-induced wire-crawling and simultaneously transfer their on-board stored electrical energy, demonstrating their potential viability as an untethered soft robotic power source enabling remote-controlled locomotion.