Aerogels have been attracting wide attentions in flexible/wearable electronics because of their light weight, excellent flexibility, and electrical conductivity. However, multifunctional aerogel‐based flexible/wearable electronics for human physiological/motion monitoring, and energy harvest/supply for mobile electronics, have been seldom reported yet. In this study, a kind of hybrid aerogel (GO/CNT HA) based on graphene oxide (GO) and carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CMWCNTs) is prepared which can not only used as piezoresistive sensors for human motion and physiological signal detections, but also as high performance triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) coupled with both solid–solid and gas–solid contact electrifications (CE). The repeatedly loading–unloading tests with 20 000 cycles exhibit its high and ultrastable piezoresistive sensor performances. Moreover, when the obtained aerogel is used as the electrode of a TENG, high electric output performance is produced due to the synergistic effect of solid–solid, and gas–solid interface CEs (3D electrification: solid–solid interface CE between the two solid electrification layers; gas–solid interface CE between the inner surface of GO/CNT HA and the air filled in the aerogel pores). This kind of aerogel promises good applications for human physiological/motion monitoring and energy harvest/supply in flexible/wearable electronics such as piezoresistive sensors and flexible TENG.
As promising energy harvesters, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can be widely used in the efficient harvesting of ubiquitous mechanical energy into electric power. However, the continuous fabrication of high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators is still a challenge. Here, with the roll-to-roll process, we report the continuous fabrication of a high-performance triboelectric nanogenerator by ultrafast UV-induced linking of the triboelectric layer to the conductive substrate. Benefiting from the grafting of the methacrylate functional group onto polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), methacrylate-functionalized PDMS (MAPDMS) can be polymerized under UV light. By introducing fluorine-containing silane to enhance electronegativity, fluorine MAPDMS (MAPDMS-F) can achieve a high surface charge density of 249 μC m−2, which is nearly double that of MAPDMS. Moreover, MAPDMS-F can also be used as a water resistance layer and combined with an interdigital electrode to harvest raindrop energy. This work not only provides an easy way to overcome a major bottleneck in the production of high-performance TENGs but also provides significant guidance on the design of the triboelectric layer.
Flexible inorganic GaN-based microscale light-emitting diodes (µLEDs) show potential applications in wearable electronics, biomedical engineering, and human-machine interfaces. However, developing cost-effective products remains a challenge for flexible GaN-based µLEDs. Here, a facile and stable method is proposed to fabricate flexible GaN-based µLEDs from silicon substrates in an array-scale manner by wet etching. Circular and square µLED arrays with a size and pitch of 500 µm were fabricated and then transferred to a flexible acrylic/copper substrate. The as-fabricated flexible µLEDs can maintain their structure intact while exhibiting a significant increase in external quantum efficiency. This Letter promotes the application of simple and low-cost flexible µLED devices, especially for virtual displays, wearables, and curvilinear displays.
18 July 2025 in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology