Study on the characteristics and applications of functional continuous conductive fibers in energy-harvesting textiles

Abstract

Characteristics and application of functional continuous conductive fibers (CCF) are studied. CCF was fabricated using a spinning coating strategy, in which the conductive fiber in the core layer was tightly encapsulated by triboelectric materials with the help of staple fibers to effectively address interfacial compatibility issues. Importantly, the CCFs have the potential to act as self-powered wearable sensors for wearable sensing applications, including tracking hand movements or functioning as a compact textile keyboard. They could be made into CCF-TENG energy fabric for harvesting energy from human motions based on their flexible and weavable characteristics, which provides a new sight for further wearable e-textiles.