Wearable Energy Generating and Storing Textile Based on Carbon Nanotube Yarns
Abstract
The challenges of textiles that can generate and store energy simultaneously for wearable devices are to fabricate yarns that generate electrical energy when stretched, yarns that store this electrical energy, and textile geometries that facilitate these functions. To address these challenges, this research incorporates highly stretchable electrochemical yarn harvesters, where available mechanical strains are large and electrochemical energy storing yarns are achieved by weaving. The solid‐state yarn harvester provides a peak power of 5.3 W kg−1 for carbon nanotubes. The solid‐state yarn supercapacitor provides stable performance when dynamically deformed by bending and stretching, for example. A textile configuration that consists of harvesters, supercapacitors, and a Schottky diode is produced and stores as much electrical energy as is needed by a serial or parallel connection of the harvesters or supercapacitors. This textile can be applied as a power source for health care devices or other wearable devices and be self‐powered sensors for detecting human motion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 13, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1002/adfm.202000411
Entities
People
- Chi Huynh
- Ji Hwan Moon
- Jong Woo Park
- Ray H. Baughman
- Seon Jeong Kim
- Shi Hyeong Kim
- Tae Jin Mun
- Yongwoo Jang
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Hanyang University
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Research Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Texas at Dallas