Green, Safe, Durable, Printed Fabric Hygroelectric Generators for Wearable Systems.

ABSTRACT: Hygroelectric generators, converting energy from moisture into electricity, have attracted great interest due to sustainable and ubiquitous moisture in the environment. However, it is absolutely necessary to replace the fragile and noxious materials reported previously in the hygroelectric generators before real applications for wearables. Herein, a green hygroelectric generator with a high current density is designed for the first time by printing functional materials that are abundant, safe to humans and environments. By engineering printable hydrogel through the synergistic effect of water absorption and ion migration on the fabric, the wearable fabric hygroelectric generators deliver a high open-circuit voltage of 1.2 V with a remarkable short-circuit current density of 1.0 mA·cm^-

SUBMITTER: Zhu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676085 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature