Wearable energy-smart ribbons for synchronous energy harvest and storage

Chao Li, Md. Monirul Islam, Julian Moore, Joseph Sleppy, Caleb Morrison, Konstantin Konstantinov, Shi Xue Dou, Chait Renduchintala and Jayan Thomas ()
Additional contact information
Chao Li: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida
Md. Monirul Islam: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong
Julian Moore: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida
Joseph Sleppy: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida
Caleb Morrison: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida
Konstantin Konstantinov: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong
Shi Xue Dou: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong
Chait Renduchintala: Institute of Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida
Jayan Thomas: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract A promising energy source for many current and future applications is a ribbon-like device that could simultaneously harvest and store energy. Due to the high flexibility and weavable property, a fabric/matrix made using these ribbons could be highly beneficial for powering wearable electronics. Unlike the approach of using two separate devices, here we report a ribbon that integrates a solar cell and a supercapacitor. The electrons generated by the solar cell are directly transferred and stored on the reverse side of its electrode which in turn also functions as an electrode for the supercapacitor. When the flexible solar ribbon is illuminated with simulated solar light, the supercapacitor holds an energy density of 1.15 mWh cm−3 and a power density of 243 mW cm−3. Moreover, these ribbons are successfully woven into a fabric form. Our all-solid-state ribbon unveils a highly flexible and portable self-sufficient energy system with potential applications in wearables, drones and electric vehicles.

Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13319 Abstract (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13319

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13319

Access Statistics for this article

Nature Communications is currently edited by Nathalie Le Bot, Enda Bergin and Fiona Gillespie

More articles in Nature Communications from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().