Introduction The smart textile market is gradually becoming a new engine for global economic growth. Market research company ReportLinker predicts that the global smart textile market is expected to grow from $2.52 billion in 2021 to $9.3 billion by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 28.7%. In the next decade, during the Internet … Read more
Recently, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the top ten emerging chemical technologies for 2024, and the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology invented by Academician Zhonglin Wang and his team from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was selected. The related research by Academician Wang’s team, titled … Read more
Click the Blue Text to Follow Us SUBSCRIBE to US WEI GAO/CALTECH Wearable devices, like almost all other technologies, require energy. Fortunately, energy is actually ubiquitous under the moderate power budget of wearable devices. It exists in sunlight and radio waves, sweat and body heat from the skin, and the movements and footsteps of a … Read more
Following Cat.1, the IoT industry in 2021 has welcomed a new “trend”. This “trend” is called “Passive IoT”. What exactly is Passive IoT? How does it differ from existing IoT technologies? Is it really a high-tech breakthrough, or just another hype? In this article, I will guide you through the details. █ What Is Passive … Read more
“The Internet of Things” is the ultimate ideal of the IoT industry. IoT Analytics reports that the current number of active IoT terminals worldwide is 12.3 billion, and it is expected to exceed 27 billion by 2025. To achieve more terminal interconnections, relying solely on LPWAN technologies such as NB-IoT and LoRa is far from … Read more
Author / Yuyou Caicai Word Count / 4200 Energy is everywhere around us. Light, heat, wind, waves, sound, electromagnetic radiation, and mechanical vibrations are all forms of energy. If IoT devices could free themselves from the limitations of power sources and batteries, relying entirely on harvesting energy from the environment for communication, true ubiquitous connectivity … Read more
As the demand for battery life in terminal devices increases, low-power MCUs are becoming more widely used. So, what is a low-power MCU? Which categories have a strong demand for low-power MCUs? What trends are emerging in the development of low-power MCUs? Wide Application Scenarios “Typically, low-power MCUs utilize different design methods and processes compared … Read more
1Introduction to the Results The triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have a simple structure, low manufacturing costs, and are suitable for harvesting low-frequency mechanical energy, thus providing a new method for green energy collection. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of single factors such as charge generation, storage, or loss on the electrical output of … Read more
Article Information Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy Promotes Flexible Sensing Platform Photoelectrochemical Analysis Performance First Author: Li Lin Corresponding Authors: Cui Kang*, Zhang Lina*, Yu Jinghua* Affiliation: Jinan University Research Background Exploring and regulating the photothermal material-driven pyroelectric effect may bring great potential for next-generation in vitro instant diagnostics. In pursuing this goal, the powerful impact of … Read more
With the miniaturization of electronic devices and the integration of flexible wearable devices, collecting energy from the surrounding environment to power low-power wearable electronics has attracted widespread attention from researchers. Natural evaporation from lakes and seas, as well as transpiration and respiration from plants, means that moisture is ubiquitous in the atmospheric environment. In recent … Read more