Wearable technologies enable high-performance textile supercapacitors with flexible, breathable and wearable characteristics for future energy storage

Jianfeng Wen; Bingang Xu; Yuanyuan Gao; Meiqi Li; Hong Fu

doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.002

Wearable technologies enable high-performance textile supercapacitors with flexible, breathable and wearable characteristics for future energy storage

Jianfeng Wen, Bingang Xu, Yuanyuan Gao, Meiqi Li, Hong Fu

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Abstract

Flexible and wearable energy storage devices are expected to provide power support for the burgeoning smart and portable electronics. In particular, textile substrate and wearable technology derived supercapacitors (TWSCs) bear the inherent merits of high flexibility, stretchability, washability and compatibility over the non-textile devices, therefore, attract the excitement for achieving high performance and truly wearable energy storage products. In this review, the fundamental mechanisms of supercapacitor and typical technologies of wearable textiles are presented, with emphasis on the main advantages and progress of TWSCs. In view of the current challenges of TWSCS, we propose the strategies for the performance improvement, with expectation to open new avenues to promote the future development of the flexible and wearable supercapacitors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-122
Number of pages	29
Journal	Energy Storage Materials
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.002
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Keywords

Energy storage
Supercapacitor
Textiles
Wearable technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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