15 Smart textiles for energy harvesting applications
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Abstract
In the yesteryears, textile materials were primarily intended for apparels, home furnishing, and in few technical textile areas. But recently, the unique properties of a textile material owing to its material property, weave patterns, and different fabrication techniques have made it a promising candidate for smart applications. Therefore, smart textile materials can be used to power electronic items demanding energy on a miniscule scale, namely gadgets like electronic watches and smartphones. The drive for renewable and clean energy is the driving wheel behind exploration for areas that do not include energy sources from fossil fuels. Depletion of fossil fuels is an alarming concern, and hence, we should look for such energy sources that can be created from the surrounding environment. It cannot be much better than harvesting the immense potential out of the mechanical energy sources that are generally wasted. This chapter encompasses different concepts underlying the energy harvesting mechanisms of smart textiles. Piezoelectric, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, triboelectric, and piezoelectric nanogenerators are most promising in this segment. Lithium-ion batteries, polymer- based batteries, capacitors, and supercapacitors have catered to growing energy demands for a long time. But issues like portability, life cycle, and performance over a period of time were debatable for a while. Hence, different textile-based supercapacitors, batteries, and solar energy harvesting devices are researched nowadays and are a furore among the material scientists working in these areas. The efficiency and basic working of smart textiles are based on their unique structure and different production methods, which play an important role in upscaling their overall usability in their end use applications. Different potential applications will be one of the highlights of this chapter, along with different challenges and scopes of these segments of smart textiles.
Abstract
In the yesteryears, textile materials were primarily intended for apparels, home furnishing, and in few technical textile areas. But recently, the unique properties of a textile material owing to its material property, weave patterns, and different fabrication techniques have made it a promising candidate for smart applications. Therefore, smart textile materials can be used to power electronic items demanding energy on a miniscule scale, namely gadgets like electronic watches and smartphones. The drive for renewable and clean energy is the driving wheel behind exploration for areas that do not include energy sources from fossil fuels. Depletion of fossil fuels is an alarming concern, and hence, we should look for such energy sources that can be created from the surrounding environment. It cannot be much better than harvesting the immense potential out of the mechanical energy sources that are generally wasted. This chapter encompasses different concepts underlying the energy harvesting mechanisms of smart textiles. Piezoelectric, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, triboelectric, and piezoelectric nanogenerators are most promising in this segment. Lithium-ion batteries, polymer- based batteries, capacitors, and supercapacitors have catered to growing energy demands for a long time. But issues like portability, life cycle, and performance over a period of time were debatable for a while. Hence, different textile-based supercapacitors, batteries, and solar energy harvesting devices are researched nowadays and are a furore among the material scientists working in these areas. The efficiency and basic working of smart textiles are based on their unique structure and different production methods, which play an important role in upscaling their overall usability in their end use applications. Different potential applications will be one of the highlights of this chapter, along with different challenges and scopes of these segments of smart textiles.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- List of authors XI
- 1 Introduction to functional, smart, and intelligent textiles: perspectives and potential applications 1
- 2 Nanotechnology in textile finishing: an approach towards imparting manifold functionalities 63
- 3 Coating- and lamination-based smart textiles: techniques, features, and challenges 97
- 4 Speciality coatings and laminations on textiles 151
- 5 Polymer-based nanocomposites for smart and functional textiles 183
- 6 Emerging trends in electroconductive textiles 221
- 7 Graphene-based functional textile materials 267
- 8 Smart and functional textiles for personal thermal comfort 329
- 9 Stimuli-responsive smart and functional textiles 355
- 10 Protective smart and functional textiles 375
- 11 Functional and smart textiles for military and defence applications 397
- 12 Sensors and actuators for textiles: from materials to applications 469
- 13 Medical textiles: materials, applications, features, and recent advancements 533
- 14 Design and development of chitosan-based textiles for biomedical applications 591
- 15 Smart textiles for energy harvesting applications 607
- 16 Fibrous materials for automotive applications 635
- 17 Smart/functional textiles and fashion products enabled by 3D and 4D printing 683
- 18 Functional and smart textiles in care, treatment, and diagnosis of COVID-19 721
- Index 751
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- List of authors XI
- 1 Introduction to functional, smart, and intelligent textiles: perspectives and potential applications 1
- 2 Nanotechnology in textile finishing: an approach towards imparting manifold functionalities 63
- 3 Coating- and lamination-based smart textiles: techniques, features, and challenges 97
- 4 Speciality coatings and laminations on textiles 151
- 5 Polymer-based nanocomposites for smart and functional textiles 183
- 6 Emerging trends in electroconductive textiles 221
- 7 Graphene-based functional textile materials 267
- 8 Smart and functional textiles for personal thermal comfort 329
- 9 Stimuli-responsive smart and functional textiles 355
- 10 Protective smart and functional textiles 375
- 11 Functional and smart textiles for military and defence applications 397
- 12 Sensors and actuators for textiles: from materials to applications 469
- 13 Medical textiles: materials, applications, features, and recent advancements 533
- 14 Design and development of chitosan-based textiles for biomedical applications 591
- 15 Smart textiles for energy harvesting applications 607
- 16 Fibrous materials for automotive applications 635
- 17 Smart/functional textiles and fashion products enabled by 3D and 4D printing 683
- 18 Functional and smart textiles in care, treatment, and diagnosis of COVID-19 721
- Index 751
