Highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based nanogenerators for harvesting human motion energy to power wearable electronics

Chuan Ning; Shengxin Xiang; Xiupeng Sun; Xinya Zhao; Chuanhui Wei; Lele Li; Guoqiang Zheng; Kai Dong

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Chuan Ning, Shengxin Xiang, Xiupeng Sun, Xinya Zhao, Chuanhui Wei, Lele Li, Guoqiang Zheng, Kai Dong. Highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based nanogenerators for harvesting human motion energy to power wearable electronics[J]. Materials Futures, 2024, 3(2): 025101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad2f6a

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Chuan Ning, Shengxin Xiang, Xiupeng Sun, Xinya Zhao, Chuanhui Wei, Lele Li, Guoqiang Zheng, Kai Dong. Highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based nanogenerators for harvesting human motion energy to power wearable electronics[J]. Materials Futures, 2024, 3(2): 025101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad2f6a

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Chuan Ning, Shengxin Xiang, Xiupeng Sun, Xinya Zhao, Chuanhui Wei, Lele Li, Guoqiang Zheng, Kai Dong. Highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based nanogenerators for harvesting human motion energy to power wearable electronics[J]. Materials Futures, 2024, 3(2): 025101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad2f6a

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Highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based nanogenerators for harvesting human motion energy to power wearable electronics

Materials Futures, Volume 3, Number 2

Received Date: 2024-01-25
Accepted Date: 2024-02-28
Publish Date: 2024-03-15

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doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad2f6a

1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold (Ministry of Education), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
2 Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
3 CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China
4 School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China

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The authors are grateful for the support received from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2023TQ0316) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52273046).

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Guoqiang Zheng, E-mail:gqzheng@zzu.edu.cn

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Wearable electronics are advancing towards miniaturization and flexibility. However, traditional energy supply methods have largely hindered their development. An effective solution to this problem is to convert human mechanical energy into electricity to power wearable electronic devices. Therefore, it is greatly attractive to design flexible, foldable and even stretchable energy harvesting devices. Herein, we use the electrospinning and kirigami approach to develop a type of highly stretchable kirigami-patterned nanofiber-based triboelectric nanogenerator (K-TENG). Due to its innovative structural design, the K-TENG can achieve a tensile strain of 220%, independent of the tensile properties of the material itself. When a person swings their arms, the K-TENG fixed to the clothing can convert mechanical energy from human movement into electrical energy. The produced electricity can directly drive 50 LED lights and a digital watch, or be stored in a lithium battery to charge the smartwatch and smartphone, respectively. This study employs a new method to fabricate a stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator and demonstrates its promising applications in wearable power technology.
- stretchable,
- triboelectric nanogenerators,
- kirigami,
- energy harvesting,
- wearable electronics

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