Smart electronic textile‐based wearable supercapacitors

Islam, Md Rashedul; Afroj, Shaila; Novoselov, Kostya S.; Karim, Nazmul

Abstract

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) have drawn significant attention from the scientific and engineering community as lightweight and comfortable next-generation wearable devices due to their ability to interface with the human body, and continuously monitor, collect, and communicate various physiological parameters. However, one of the major challenges for the commercialization and further growth of e-textiles is the lack of compatible power supply units. Thin and flexible supercapacitors (SCs), among various energy storage systems, are gaining consideration due to their salient features including excellent lifetime, lightweight, and high-power density. Textile-based SCs are thus an exciting energy storage solution to power smart gadgets integrated into clothing. Here, materials, fabrications, and characterization strategies for textile-based SCs are reviewed. The recent progress of textile-based SCs is then summarized in terms of their electrochemical performances, followed by the discussion on key parameters for their wearable electronics applications, including washability, flexibility, and scalability. Finally, the perspectives on their research and technological prospects to facilitate an essential step towards moving from laboratory-based flexible and wearable SCs to industrial-scale mass production are presented.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 3, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 3, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 5, 2022
• Journal: Advanced Science
• Electronic ISSN: 2198-3844
• Publisher: Wiley Open Access
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 31
• Article Number: 2203856
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202203856
• Keywords: Electronic textiles, e-textiles, Sensors, Physics, Astronomy, General Engineering, Biochemistry, Genetic Biology, Molecular Biology, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Medicine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10019050
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202203856
• Related Public URLs: This article also appears in: Hot Topic: Batteries and Supercapacitors and also Hot Topic: Flexible Electronics; ; https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2566-6223.hottopic-batteries; ; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2640-4567.hottopic-flexibleelectronics
• Additional Information: Received: 2022-07-05; Published: 2022-10-03