A Flexible Fiber-Based Supercapacitor-Triboelectric-Nanogenerator Power System for Wearable Electronics.

Wang, Jie; Li, Xiuhan; Zi, Yunlong; Wang, Sihong; Li, Zhaoling; Zheng, Li; Yi, Fang; Li, Shengming et al. · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A flexible self-charging power system is built by integrating a fiber-based supercapacitor with a fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting mechanical energy from human motion. The fiber-based supercapacitor exhibits outstanding electrochemical properties, owing to the excellent pseudocapacitance of well-prepared RuO2 ·xH2 O by a vapor-phase hydrothermal method as the active material. The approach is a step forward toward self-powered wearable electronics.