Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Continuous and scalable manufacture of amphibious energy yarns and textiles

  • Wei Gong,
  • Chengyi Hou,
  • Jie Zhou,
  • Yinben Guo,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Yaogang Li,
  • Qinghong Zhang,
  • Hongzhi Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08846-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Textiles that can convert mechanical energy into electricity are attractive for wearable electronic devices, but application is hindered by stability, flexibility, and stretchability. Here the authors report scalable fabrication for a stretchable triboelectric yarn that is operational under water.