All-fabric-based wearable self-charging power cloth

Yu Song, Jinxin Zhang, Hang Guo, Xuexian Chen, Zongming Su, Haotian Chen, Xiaoliang Cheng, Haixia Zhang

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Abstract

We present an all-fabric-based self-charging power cloth (SCPC), which integrates a fabric-based single-electrode triboelectric generator (STEG) and a flexible supercapacitor. To effectively scavenge mechanical energy from the human motion, the STEG could be directly woven among the cloth, exhibiting excellent output capability. Meanwhile, taking advantage of fabric structures with a large surface-area and carbon nanotubes with high conductivity, the wearable supercapacitor exhibits high areal capacitance (16.76 mF/cm2) and stable cycling performance. With the fabric configuration and the aim of simultaneously collecting body motion energy by STEG and storing in supercapacitors, such SCPC could be easily integrated with textiles and charged to nearly 100 mV during the running motion within 6 min, showing great potential in self-powered wearable electronics and smart cloths. © 2017 Author(s).
Original languageEnglish
Article number073901
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume111
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

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