Nano Energy,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
90, P. 106600 - 106600
Published: Oct. 9, 2021
Triboelectric
nanogenerators
(TENGs)
are
flexible,
efficient,
and
cost-effective
energy
harvesters.
Here,
we
develop
high-performance
ferroelectric-assisted
TENGs
using
electrospun
fibrous
surfaces
based
on
P(VDF-TrFE)
with
dispersed
BaTiO3
(BTO)
nanofillers
in
either
cubic
(CBTO)
or
tetragonal
(TBTO)
form.
three
types
of
tribo-negative
surface
(pristine
P(VDF-TrFE),
P(VDF-TrFE)/CBTO
P(VDF-TrFE)/TBTO)
contact
PET
were
investigated
output
increased
progressively
from
pristine
(0.75
W/m2)
to
CBTO
(2
TBTO
(2.75
W/m2).
Accounting
for
pressure,
the
max
(Voc
=
315
V
&
Jsc
6.7
µA/cm2)
is
significantly
higher
than
having
spin-coated
P(VDF-TrFE)/BTO.
It
hypothesized
that
electrospinning
increases
dipole
alignment
due
high
applied
voltages,
but
also
aids
formation
a
highly
oriented
crystalline
β-phase
via
uniaxial
stretching.
Essentially,
tribo-charge
transfer
boosted
potential
owing
enhanced
ferroelectric
polarization.
P(VDF-TrFE)/TBTO
produced
even
though
permittivity
nearly
identical.
Thus,
it
shown
BTO
fillers
boost
output,
not
just
by
increasing
permittivity,
enhancing
crystallinity
amount
(as
more
present
greater
amounts).
Finally,
TENG
was
integrated
flexible
graphene
electrode-based
supercapacitor
produce
self-charging
system
capable
charging
1.25
5
min.
These
results
demonstrate
this
technology
can
be
valuable
wearable
applications
where
power
efficient
flexibility
paramount.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(8), P. 5049 - 5138
Published: March 27, 2023
Wearable
sensors
hold
great
potential
in
empowering
personalized
health
monitoring,
predictive
analytics,
and
timely
intervention
toward
healthcare.
Advances
flexible
electronics,
materials
science,
electrochemistry
have
spurred
the
development
of
wearable
sweat
that
enable
continuous
noninvasive
screening
analytes
indicative
status.
Existing
major
challenges
include:
improving
extraction
sensing
capabilities,
form
factor
device
for
minimal
discomfort
reliable
measurements
when
worn,
understanding
clinical
value
biomarker
discovery.
This
review
provides
a
comprehensive
outlines
state-of-the-art
technologies
research
strive
to
bridge
these
gaps.
The
physiology
sweat,
materials,
biosensing
mechanisms
advances,
approaches
induction
sampling
are
introduced.
Additionally,
design
considerations
system-level
devices,
spanning
from
strategies
prolonged
efficient
powering
wearables,
discussed.
Furthermore,
applications,
data
commercialization
efforts,
challenges,
prospects
precision
medicine
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(9), P. 3759 - 3793
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Skin
bioelectronics
are
considered
as
an
ideal
platform
for
personalised
healthcare
because
of
their
unique
characteristics,
such
thinness,
light
weight,
good
biocompatibility,
excellent
mechanical
robustness,
and
great
skin
conformability.
Recent
advances
in
skin-interfaced
have
promoted
various
applications
precision
medicine.
Particularly,
long-term,
continuous
health
monitoring
offer
powerful
analysis
a
broad
spectrum
statuses,
providing
route
to
early
disease
diagnosis
treatment.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
(1)
representative
sensing
devices,
(2)
material
structure
selection,
device
properties,
wireless
technologies
towards
monitoring,
(3)
applications:
acquisition
electrophysiological,
biophysical,
biochemical
signals,
comprehensive
(4)
rational
guidelines
the
design
future
monitoring.
Long-term,
advanced
will
open
unprecedented
opportunities
timely
prevention,
screening,
diagnosis,
treatment,
demonstrating
promise
revolutionise
traditional
medical
practices.
Advanced Intelligent Systems,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
4(2)
Published: Sept. 12, 2021
Wearable
human
machine
interfaces
(HMI)
such
as
smart
gloves
have
attracted
considerable
interest
in
recent
years.
The
quality
of
the
interactive
experience
with
real
and
virtual
world
using
wearable
HMI
technologies
depends
on
intuitive
two‐way
haptic
they
offer
real‐time
touch‐based
information
send
receive.
Herein,
various
glove
solutions
their
application
interaction,
rehabilitation,
(VR)
augmented
reality
(AR),
augmentative
alternative
communication
(AAC)
tasks
are
reviewed.
While
early
variants
systems
were
based
commercial
touch
sensors
displays
integrated
(e.g.,
stitched)
wearables,
electronic
skin
(e‐skin)‐type
multifunctional
capabilities
being
explored
nowadays
for
rich
user
comfort.
In
this
regard,
instead
separate
actuators,
miniaturized
devices
providing
both
sensing
vibrotactile
actuation
also
been
reported
recently.
Such
advances,
associated
challenges,
advantages
users
to
enjoy
full
characteristic
benefits
VR/ARs
immersion,
imagination
discussed.
Finally,
huge
potential
smart‐glove‐type
hold
advances
areas
robotics,
health
care,
sensorial
augmentation
nondisabled
tactile
Internet
is
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
33(35)
Published: July 11, 2021
The
continuous
operation
of
wearable
electronics
demands
reliable
sources
energy,
currently
met
through
Li-ion
batteries
and
various
energy
harvesters.
These
solutions
are
being
used
out
necessity
despite
potential
safety
issues
unsustainable
environmental
impact.
Safe
sustainable
can
boost
the
use
wearables
systems
in
diverse
applications
such
as
health
monitoring,
prosthetics,
sports.
In
this
regard,
sweat-
sweat-equivalent-based
studies
have
attracted
tremendous
attention
demonstration
energy-generating
biofuel
cells,
promising
power
densities
high
3.5
mW
cm
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
34(33)
Published: April 21, 2022
Abstract
The
demand
for
portable
and
wearable
chemical
or
biosensors
their
expeditious
development
in
recent
years
has
created
a
scientific
challenge
terms
of
continuous
powering.
As
result,
mechanical
energy
harvesters
such
as
piezoelectric
triboelectric
generators
(TEGs)
have
been
explored
recently
either
sensors
to
store
charge
small,
but
long‐life,
energy‐storage
devices
power
the
sensors.
use
is
particularly
interesting,
with
multifunctional
operations
it
possible
reduce
number
needed
system,
which
also
helps
overcome
integration
complexities.
In
this
regard,
TEGs
are
promising,
autonomous
biological
sensors,
they
can
be
developed
wide
variety
materials,
electricity
conversion
modulated
by
various
analytes.
This
review
focuses
on
interesting
dimension
presents
self‐powered
active
A
brief
discussion
about
TEG‐based
physical,
magnetic,
optical
included.
influence
environmental
factors,
figures
merit,
significance
TEG
design
explained
context
sensing.
Finally,
key
applications,
challenges,
future
perspective
detection
via
discussed
view
drive
further
advances
field
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
16(10), P. 15528 - 15536
Published: Sept. 21, 2022
The
growing
trend
of
intelligent
devices
ranging
from
wearables
and
soft
robots
to
artificial
intelligence
has
set
a
high
demand
for
smart
batteries.
Hydrogels
provide
opportunities
batteries
self-adjust
their
functions
according
the
operation
conditions.
Despite
progress
in
hydrogel-based
batteries,
gap
remains
between
designable
diverse
hydrogels
expected
performance
In
this
Perspective,
we
first
briefly
introduce
fundamentals
hydrogels,
including
formation,
structure,
characteristics
internal
water
ions.
Batteries
that
operate
under
unusual
mechanical
temperature
conditions
enabled
by
are
highlighted.
Challenges
further
development
outlined
propose
future
research
toward
all-climate
power
sources
wearables.
Small Methods,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
6(10)
Published: Sept. 8, 2022
Wireless
wearable
sweat
analysis
devices
can
monitor
biomarkers
at
the
molecular
level
continuously
and
in
situ,
which
is
highly
desired
for
personalized
health
care.
The
miniaturization,
integration,
wireless
operation
of
sensors
improve
comfort
convenience
while
also
bringing
forward
new
challenges
power
supply
technology.
Herein,
a
self-powered
system
(SWSAS)
designed
that
effectively
converts
mechanical
energy
human
motion
into
electricity
through
hybrid
nanogenerator
modules
(HNGMs).
HNGM
shows
stable
output
characteristics
low
frequency
with
current
15
mA
voltage
60
V.
Through
real-time
on-body
powered
by
HNGM,
SWSAS
demonstrated
to
selectively
(Na+
K+
)
wirelessly
transmit
sensing
data
user
interface
via
Bluetooth.