A self-sustainable wearable multi-modular E-textile bioenergy microgrid system.

ABSTRACT: Despite the fast development of various energy harvesting and storage devices, their judicious integration into efficient, autonomous, and sustainable wearable systems has not been widely explored. Here, we introduce the concept and design principles of e-textile microgrids by demonstrating a multi-module bioenergy microgrid system. Unlike earlier hybrid wearable systems, the presented e-textile microgrid relies solely on human activity to work synergistically, harvesting biochemical and biomechanical energy using sweat-based biofuel cells and triboelectric generators, and regulating the harvested energy via supercapacitors for high-power output. Through energy budgeting, the e-textile system can efficiently power liquid crystal displays continuously or a sweat sensor-electrochromic displa

SUBMITTER: Yin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943583 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature