Advanced textile-integrated thermoelectric energy harvesting for wearable electronics

智能可穿戴设备正变得越来越普遍，这是由于电子产品小型化的持续进步，传感器和连接的改进，以及在各种产品中嵌入电子产品的能力不断增强。例如，智能眼镜和智能手表现在随处可见。智能服装也在市场上出现：OM Signal市场的服装可以监测心率、步数和呼吸深度，一旦拆卸微处理器，就可以清洗；Athos推出了一款带有集成传感器的生物识别衬衫，可以测量肌肉活动，连接被封装，对接站可以进行无线数据传输以进行分析。可穿戴式能量采集设备最早出现在近100年前，与自动上发条手表(其本身基于17世纪末首次出现的自动上发条怀表)一起出现。在这种背景下，在可穿戴电子产品市场上，能源收集技术的普及速度如此之慢，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服装，从而将电子产品嵌入纺织品中。这些技术将由能源收集技术提供动力，这些技术也嵌入到纺织品中。通过这个项目，我们将创造出灵活、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."