Advanced textile-integrated thermoelectric energy harvesting for wearable electronics

“智能可穿戴设备正变得越来越普遍，这是由电子设备的持续进步、传感器和连接性的改进以及将电子设备嵌入各种产品的能力不断增强所推动的。例如，智能眼镜和智能手表现在广泛可用。智能服装也出现在市场上：OMSignal市场服装，监测心率，采取的步骤和呼吸深度，这是可洗的，一旦微处理器已被拆除; Athos推出了一款带有集成传感器的生物识别衬衫，用于测量肌肉活动，其中电线被封装，对接站可以实现无线数据传输以进行分析。可穿戴能量收集设备首次出现在近100年前，自动上链腕表（其本身基于18世纪末首次出现的自动上链怀表）。在这种背景下，能源收集技术在可穿戴电子产品市场上的应用速度缓慢，这或许令人惊讶。然而，我们相信这种情况将会改变。下一代可穿戴电子产品将包括将电子产品嵌入纺织品中的服装。这些将由嵌入纺织品中的能量收集技术提供动力。通过这个项目，我们将创造灵活、耐用和舒适的纺织品，为未来的可穿戴技术提供动力。"

"Smart wearables are becoming increasingly pervasive, driven by sustained advances in miniaturisation of electronics, improvements in sensors and connectivity, and growing capability to embed electronics in a variety of products. For example, smart glasses and smartwatches are now widely available. Smart garments are also appearing on the market: OMSignal market garments that monitor heart rate, steps taken and breathing depth, which is washable once the microprocessor has been detached; Athos market a biometric shirt with integrated sensors to measure muscle activity, whereby wiring is encapsulated and docking station enables wireless data transfer for analysis.Wearable energy-harvesting devices first appeared almost 100 years ago, with the self-winding wrist-watch (itself based on the self-winding pocket watch that first appeared in the late 1700s). Given this context, it is perhaps surprising that the uptake of energy harvesting technologies has been slow in the market for wearable electronics. However, we believe this is set to change. The next generation of wearable electronics will include garments whereby the electronics are embedded within the textiles. These will be powered by energy-harvesting technologies that are also embedded into the textiles. Through this project, we will create flexible, durable and comfortable textiles that will power future wearable technologies."