Smart Fabric Based Wearable Thermoelectric Device with UV Blocking and Antibacterial Capability for Energy Harvesting Applications

The current research aimed at fabricating flexible fabric for a wearable thermoelectric power generator. The Zinc oxide nanoparticles were coated onto fabrics to develop a smart flexible low-cost textile-based thermoelectric generators with enhanced UV protection and antibacterial properties. The hi...

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Published inBrazilian journal of physics Vol. 54; no. 2
Main Authors Lincoln, Betty, Sujatha, Annie, PandiyarasanVeluswamy, Ikeda, Hiroya, Majumdar, Abhijit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.04.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Energy harvesting
Fabrics
General and Applied Physics
Nanorods
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Power factor
Seebeck effect
Smart materials
Synthesis
Thermoelectric generators
Thermoelectricity
Wearable technology
Wurtzite
Zinc coatings
Zinc oxide
UV protection
Seebeck coefficient
Thermoelectric power factor, Wearable device
ZnO nanostructures
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Summary:The current research aimed at fabricating flexible fabric for a wearable thermoelectric power generator. The Zinc oxide nanoparticles were coated onto fabrics to develop a smart flexible low-cost textile-based thermoelectric generators with enhanced UV protection and antibacterial properties. The high-resolution scanning electron microscope results showed the synthesized samples to have a uniform and dense coating of Zinc oxide nanorods. The XRD pattern revealed the formation of wurtzite structured Zinc oxide nanorods. The synthesized fabric showed an excellent UV blocking factor and high Seebeck coefficient and a power factor. A flexible fabric-based thermoelectric device was fabricated, and the output voltage for varying temperatures was measured. The results indicate that the fabricated fabrics would open promising avenues in the field of designing energy-harvesting smart clothes and human healthcare monitoring.
ISSN:0103-9733
1678-4448
DOI:10.1007/s13538-023-01409-3