Energy-harvesting materials for smart fabrics and textiles

Abstract

Abstract

Smart Textile‐Integrated Microelectronic Systems for Wearable Applications

“…Energy‐harvesting textiles can be achieved by adding active materials as films or coating on the surface of textile, or as yarns that are woven or embroidered into the textiles . Three transduction mechanisms have been employed to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy: electromagnetic, piezoelectric, and triboelectric effect (triboelectrification and electrostatic induction).…”

Materials for energy harvesting: At the forefront of a new wave

“…34 Torah et al in their article discuss the FOM for piezoelectric fiber and polymer-based structures and describe the methodology for their synthesis. 35 Particle/ granule spray deposition techniques such as aerosol deposition (AD) and granule spray in vacuum (GSV) are being investigated to synthesize the mesoscale structures with desired microstructure in a rapid manner. The AD/GSV deposition technique is briefly mentioned in the article by Chu et al 29 The articles by Roundy and Trolier-McKinstry and Torah et al 34,35 both address the energy-harvester requirements for the human body in the form of smart fabrics and textiles and also as wearables.…”

“…35 Particle/ granule spray deposition techniques such as aerosol deposition (AD) and granule spray in vacuum (GSV) are being investigated to synthesize the mesoscale structures with desired microstructure in a rapid manner. The AD/GSV deposition technique is briefly mentioned in the article by Chu et al 29 The articles by Roundy and Trolier-McKinstry and Torah et al 34,35 both address the energy-harvester requirements for the human body in the form of smart fabrics and textiles and also as wearables. There are several constraints in implementing flexible harvesters using films and fibers, which need to conform to curved surfaces, stretch, and be comfortable to the user.…”

Textile‐Based Thermoelectric Generators and Their Applications

“…Recently, textile‐based TEGs (T‐TEGs) assembled from fibers, filaments, yarns, or fabrics emerge as an exciting research realm and are very promising for wearable applications, because of their excellent mechanical properties, heat‐moisture comfortability, and cost‐effective mass production by well‐established textile industrial processes . T‐TEGs not only enable TE power generation from body heat but also can work for adaptive solid‐state cooling fabrics .…”

“…Recently, textile-based TEGs (T-TEGs) assembled from fibers, filaments, yarns, or fabrics emerge as an exciting research realm and are very promising for wearable applications, because of their excellent mechanical properties, heat-moisture comfortability, and cost-effective mass production by well-established textile industrial processes. [18][19][20][21] T-TEGs not only enable TE power generation from body heat but also can work for adaptive solid-state cooling fabrics. [22,23] Although Tao et al well reviewed T-TEGs most recently, they mainly focused on fiber-based TE materials and generators, [21] and further systematic review on the T-TEGs with diverse architectures and their potential applications are highly needed.…”