A self-charging power unit by integration of a textile triboelectric nanogenerator and a flexible lithium-ion battery for wearable electronics

Xiong Pu; Linxuan Li; Huanqiao Song; Chunhua Du; Zhengfu Zhao; Chunyan Jiang; Guozhong Cao; Weiguo Hu; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1002/adma.201500311

A self-charging power unit by integration of a textile triboelectric nanogenerator and a flexible lithium-ion battery for wearable electronics

Adv Mater. 2015 Apr 17;27(15):2472-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201500311. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Authors

Xiong Pu¹, Linxuan Li, Huanqiao Song, Chunhua Du, Zhengfu Zhao, Chunyan Jiang, Guozhong Cao, Weiguo Hu, Zhong Lin Wang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100083, China.

PMID: 25736078
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500311

Abstract

A novel integrated power unit realizes both energy harvesting and energy storage by a textile triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)-cloth and a flexible lithium-ion battery (LIB) belt, respectively. The mechanical energy of daily human motion is converted into electricity by the TENG-cloth, sustaining the energy of the LIB belt to power wearable smart electronics.

Keywords: flexible lithium-ion batteries; triboelectric nanogenerators; wearable electronics.