Energy Harvesting and Storage in Wearable Textiles

Energy Harvesting and Storage in Wearable Textiles

Academician Wang Zhonglin and the research team of Dong Kai from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed a coaxial structure of fiber-shaped triboelectric nanogenerators and integrated supercapacitors to construct self-charging power textiles. This research was published in the high-impact journal Nano Research Energy. Welcome to read and download! … Read more

Recycling Human Teeth for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Recycling Human Teeth for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Recycling of human teeth for piezoelectric energy harvesting Yuanyuan Yin, Shuaijie Liu, Yuehui Wang, Sihan Yang, Min Ding, Xiaohui Xu, Wei Ji, Jinlin Song Giant 2024, 20, 100333 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giant.2024.100333 Abstract In the human body, biomolecules or tissues with non-centrosymmetric structures can exhibit piezoelectricity; however, there is limited research on utilizing natural tissues to manufacture piezoelectric … Read more

Overview of Energy Harvesting: 4 New Designs Utilizing Environmental Energy

Overview of Energy Harvesting: 4 New Designs Utilizing Environmental Energy

Source: EETOP Author:Aaron Carman As more and more low-power IoT devices flood the market, researchers and developers are creatively developing power solutions—some of which turn to unique energy harvesting technologies. Industry and academic researchers have developed four new energy harvesting solutions for low-power devices. For applications where battery or wall-connected power is impractical (or would … Read more

NanoResEnergy: Wearable Textile for Energy Harvesting and Storage

NanoResEnergy: Wearable Textile for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Academician Wang Zhonglin and researcher Dong Kai from the Institute of Nano Energy and Systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published their latest research results in the high-profile journal Nano Research Energy hosted by Tsinghua University. They reported a wearable sustainable energy harvesting-storage hybrid self-charging power textile, providing an effective pathway for the design of sustainable … Read more

Providing Sufficient Energy for Tomorrow: IoT Energy Harvesting

Providing Sufficient Energy for Tomorrow: IoT Energy Harvesting

Silicon Labs (also known as “Semi-Tech“) Industrial IoT Product Marketing Manager Tristan Cool recently created an application article discussing the concept of Energy Harvesting, its related applications, and future prospects, as well as introducing the ideal wireless SoC solutions to help developers deploy energy harvesting products. Below is the summary outline of the article; feel … Read more

Energy Harvesting in Smart Wearable Devices

Energy Harvesting in Smart Wearable Devices

In recent years, with the increasing maturity of Internet of Things technology and mobile communication technology, smart wearable devices have developed rapidly. They are widely used in fields such as healthcare, aerospace, military, and digital technology, helping people better monitor their vital signs, dynamically perceive the external environment, achieve more efficient communication, and even provide … Read more

Overview of Emerging Humidity-Induced Energy Harvesting Technologies

Overview of Emerging Humidity-Induced Energy Harvesting Technologies

Source | Nature Reviews Materials, Research Insights Original Article | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-023-00643-0 01 Background Introduction Harvesting energy from the environment provides a pathway for obtaining green energy, capable of powering various applications that do not rely on the grid, such as personal thermal management and self-powered electronic devices.Environmental moisture in the air is an ubiquitous natural … Read more

Understanding Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMIC)

Understanding Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMIC)

The semiconductor industry is vast, and within some more specialized product categories, there are often hidden surprises. Large chips like CPUs and GPUs are known to be expensive, and memory chips are ubiquitous. However, many observers know little about the field of Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMIC). The technology of PMIC is impressive. A single … Read more

Efficient Utilization of Weak Magnetic Energy: New Energy Harvester Supports IoT Sensors

Efficient Utilization of Weak Magnetic Energy: New Energy Harvester Supports IoT Sensors

China’s “dual carbon” strategy advocates for a green, environmentally friendly, and low-carbon lifestyle, which relies on the continuous development and innovation of green energy technologies. As China vigorously develops renewable energy, the recovery and reuse of micro-energy such as magnetic energy in the real environment has attracted the attention of many researchers. The School of … Read more

Recent Advances in Smart Textiles | Composition and Characteristics of Smart Textile Systems

Recent Advances in Smart Textiles | Composition and Characteristics of Smart Textile Systems

Click the blue text to follow “Textile Report” Column Introduction The smart textile market is gradually becoming a new engine for global economic growth. Market research firm 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 … Read more