Adaptive electronics for photovoltaic, photoluminescent and photometric methods in power harvesting for wireless wearable sensors

Chanho Park, Do Yun Park, Haohui Zhang, Da Som Yang, Catherine R. Redden, Seonggwang Yoo, Tae Wan Park, Mingyu Zhou, Jae-Young Yoo, Youngmin Sim, Abraham Vázquez-Guardado, Seung Yun Heo, Raudel Avila, Zhao-Bang Hou, Jiwon Kim, Hak-Young Ahn, Youngdo Kim, Seyong Oh, Jae-Hwan Kim, Jason Baek, Anthony Banks, Aimen F. Shaaban, Yonggang Huang (), Kyeongha Kwon () and John A. Rogers ()
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Chanho Park: Northwestern University
Do Yun Park: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Haohui Zhang: Northwestern University
Da Som Yang: Chung-Ang University
Catherine R. Redden: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Seonggwang Yoo: Northwestern University
Tae Wan Park: Northwestern University
Mingyu Zhou: Northwestern University
Jae-Young Yoo: Sungkyunkwan University
Youngmin Sim: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Abraham Vázquez-Guardado: North Carolina State University
Seung Yun Heo: Northwestern University
Raudel Avila: Rice University
Zhao-Bang Hou: Tsinghua University
Jiwon Kim: Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Hak-Young Ahn: Northwestern University
Youngdo Kim: Northwestern University
Seyong Oh: Hanyang University ERICA
Jae-Hwan Kim: Northwestern University
Jason Baek: Northwestern University
Anthony Banks: Northwestern University
Aimen F. Shaaban: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Yonggang Huang: Northwestern University
Kyeongha Kwon: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
John A. Rogers: Northwestern University

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract The increasing demand for continuous, comprehensive physiological information captured by skin-interfaced wireless sensors is hindered by their relatively high-power consumption and the associated patient discomfort that can follow from the use of high capacity batteries. This paper presents an adaptive electronics platform and a tri-modal energy harvesting approach to reduce the need for battery power. Specifically, the schemes focus on sensors that involve light in their operation, through use of (i) photometric methods, where ambient light contributes directly to the measurement process, (ii) multijunction photovoltaic cells, where ambient light powers operation and/or charges an integrated battery, and (iii) photoluminescent packaging, where ambient light activates light-emitting species to enhance the first two schemes. Additional features of interest are in (i) in-sensor computational approaches that decrease the bandwidth and thus the energy consumption in wireless data communication and (ii) radio frequency power transfer for battery charging. These ideas have utility across broad other classes of wearable devices as well as small, portable electronic gadgetry.

Date: 2025
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