New Paper: Hydrogels as Soft Ionic Conductors in Flexible and Wearable TENGs
Want to wear your tech? You’ll need power. Want to avoid the hassle and bulk of traditional batteries? Use a TENG. A what? Read on.
Hydrogels as Soft Ionic Conductors in Flexible and Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators: A Review Paper
One of the challenges in the field of wearable technology is how to power the tech efficiently because people find it a hassle to keep charging batteries. Besides, traditional batteries are too big and bulky to be worn comfortably and are hazardous waste that is a danger to the environment in the long run. Not to mention that they couldn’t possibly power any implanted tech used in biomedical applications.
One of the solutions is a tiny generator worn next to the body, harvesting the energy created by human movement. Our latest review paper is all about such flexible triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs); specifically, ones that are hydrogel based (H-TENGs). Tiny, transparent, stretchable, flexible, biocompatible, environmentally friendly, and with tunable ionic conductivity, they offer plenty of advantages, but there are challenges, too. If H-TENGs could be manufactured simply, be highly conductive and also durable, they could be the future of wearable tech and many biomedical applications.
Read the full article in Advanced Science external pagehere.
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