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Wearable Electricity Generators Fabricated Utilizing Transparent Electronic Textiles Based on Polyester/Ag Nanowires/Graphene Core–Shell Nanocomposites http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b08137
The technological realization of wearable triboelectric generators is attractive because of their promising applications in wearable self-powered intelligent systems. However, the low electrical conductivity, the low electrical stability, and the low compatibility of current electronic textiles (e-textiles) and clothing restrict the comfortable and aesthetic integration of wearable generators into human clothing. Here, we present high-performance, transparent, smart e-textiles that employ commercial textiles coated with silver nanowire/graphene sheets fabricated by using a scalable, environmentally friendly, full-solution process. The smart e-textiles show superb and stable conduction of below 20 Ω/square as well as excellent flexibility, stretchability, foldability, and washability. In addition, wearable electricity-generating textiles, in which the e-textiles act as electrodes as well as wearable substrates, are presented. Because of the high compatibility of smart e-textiles and clothing, the electricity-generating textiles can be easily integrated into a glove to harvest the mechanical energy induced by the motion of the fingers. The effective output power generated by a single generator due to that motion reached as high as 7 nW/cm2. The successful demonstration of the electricity-generating glove suggests a promising future for polyester/Ag nanowire/graphene core–shell nanocomposite-based smart e-textiles for real wearable electronic systems and self-powered clothing.
Chaoxing Wu†‡, Tae Whan Kim*†, Fushan Li*‡, and Tailiang Guo‡
† Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
‡ Institute of Optoelectronic Display, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, People’s Republic of China
ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (7), pp 6449–6457
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b08137
Publication Date (Web): June 10, 2016
Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society
The technological realization of wearable triboelectric generators is attractive because of their promising applications in wearable self-powered intelligent systems. However, the low electrical conductivity, the low electrical stability, and the low compatibility of current electronic textiles (e-textiles) and clothing restrict the comfortable and aesthetic integration of wearable generators into human clothing. Here, we present high-performance, transparent, smart e-textiles that employ commercial textiles coated with silver nanowire/graphene sheets fabricated by using a scalable, environmentally friendly, full-solution process. The smart e-textiles show superb and stable conduction of below 20 Ω/square as well as excellent flexibility, stretchability, foldability, and washability. In addition, wearable electricity-generating textiles, in which the e-textiles act as electrodes as well as wearable substrates, are presented. Because of the high compatibility of smart e-textiles and clothing, the electricity-generating textiles can be easily integrated into a glove to harvest the mechanical energy induced by the motion of the fingers. The effective output power generated by a single generator due to that motion reached as high as 7 nW/cm2. The successful demonstration of the electricity-generating glove suggests a promising future for polyester/Ag nanowire/graphene core–shell nanocomposite-based smart e-textiles for real wearable electronic systems and self-powered clothing.
Chaoxing Wu†‡, Tae Whan Kim*†, Fushan Li*‡, and Tailiang Guo‡
† Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
‡ Institute of Optoelectronic Display, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, People’s Republic of China
ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (7), pp 6449–6457
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b08137
Publication Date (Web): June 10, 2016
Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society
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