An intelligent self-powered life jacket system integrating multiple triboelectric fiber sensors for drowning rescue

The inherent unpredictability of the maritime environment leads to low rates of survival during accidents.Life jackets serve as a crucial safety measure in underwater environments.Nonetheless,most conventional life jackets lack the capability to monitor the wearer's underwater body movements,impeding their effectiveness in rescue operations.Here,we present an intelligent self-powered life jacket system(SPLJ)composed of a wireless body area sensing network,a set of deep learning analytics,and a human condition detection platform.Six coaxial core-shell structure triboelectric fiber sensors with high sensitivity,stretchability,and flexibility are integrated into this system.Addi-tionally,a portable integrated circuit module is incorporated into the SPLJ to facilitate real-time monitoring of the wearer's movement.Moreover,by leveraging the deep-learning-assisted data analytics and establishing a robust correlation between the wearer's movements and condition,we have developed a comprehensive system for monitoring drowning individuals,achieving an outstanding recognition accuracy of 100%.This groundbreaking work intro-duces a fresh approach to underwater intelligent survival devices,offering promising prospects for advancing underwater smart wearable devices in rescue operations and the development of ocean industry.

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

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.

Scalable one-step wet-spinning of triboelectric fibers for large-area power and sensing textiles

Textile-based electronic devices have attracted increasing interest in recent years due to their wearability,breathability,comfort.Among them,textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators(T-TENGs)exhibit remarkable advantages in mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered sensing.However,there are still some key challenges to the development and application of triboelectric fibers(the basic unit of T-TENG).Scalable production and large-scale integration are still significant factors hindering its application.At the same time,there are some difficulties to overcome in the manufacturing process,such as achieving good stretchability and a quick production,overcoming incompatibility between conductive and triboelectric materials.In this study,triboelectric fibers are produced continuously by one-step coaxial wet spinning.They are only 0.18 mm in diameter and consist of liquid metal(LM)core and polyurethane(PU)sheath.Due to the good mechanical properties between them,there is no interface incompatibility of the triboelectric fibers.In addition,triboelectric fibers can be made into large areas of T-TENG by means of digital embroidery and plain weave.The T-TENGs can be used for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing.When they are fixed on the forearm can monitor various strokes in badminton.This work provides a promising strategy for the large-scale fabrication and large-area integration of triboelectric fibers,promotes the development of wearable T-TENGs.

Wearable energy harvesting-storage hybrid textiles as on-body self-charging power systems

The rapid development of wearable electronics requires its energy supply part to be flexible,wearable,integratable and sustainable.However,some of the energy supply units cannot meet these requirements at the same time,and there is also a capacity limitation of the energy storage units,and the development of sustainable wearable self-charging power supplies is crucial.Here,we report a wearable sustainable energy harvesting-storage hybrid self-charging power textile.The power textile consists of a coaxial fiber-shaped polylactic acid/reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole(PLA-rGO-PPy)triboelectric nanogenerator(fiber-TENG)that can harvest low-frequency and irregular energy during human motion as a power generation unit,and a novel coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitor(fiber-SC)prepared by functionalized loading of a wet-spinning graphene oxide fiber as an energy storage unit.The fiber-TENG is flexible,knittable,wearable and adaptable for integration with various portable electronics.The coaxial fiber-SC has high volumetric energy density and good cycling stability.The fiber-TENG and fiber-SC are flexible yarn structures for wearable continuous human movement energy harvesting and storage as on-body self-charging power systems,with light-weight,ease of preparation,great portability and wide applicability.The integrated power textile can provide an efficient route for sustainable working of wearable electronics.

Continuous Preparation of Chitosan‑Based Self‑Powered Sensing Fibers Recycled from Wasted Materials for Smart Home Applications

Currently,the gradual depletion of fossil resources and the large amount of plastic waste are causing serious harm to the land and marine ecology.The rapid development of wearable smart fibers is accompanied by rapid growth in the material demand for fibers,and the development of green and high-performance biomass-based fibers has become an important research topic to reduce the dependence on synthetic fiber materials and the harm to the environment.Here,chitosan is first prepared from the waste material by chemical methods.Then the chitosan-based self-powered induction fibers are prepared by electrospinning core wire technique.Chitosan-based self-powered sensing fiber is ultra-light and flexible,which can achieve about 2500 collisions without damaging the surface.Chitosan-based self-powered sensing fiber can also be used in smart home sensing applications to control home appliance switches with a light touch,which has a great application prospect in smart home and wearable fields.