Wearable All-Fabric Hybrid Energy Harvester to Simultaneously Harvest Radiofrequency and Triboelectric Energy

Wearable All-Fabric Hybrid Energy Harvester to Simultaneously Harvest Radiofrequency and Triboelectric Energy

2024 | Zhenghao Kou, Chao Zhang, Buyun Yu, Hao Chen, Zhenguo Liu,* and Weibing Lu*
The paper presents a novel wearable all-fabric hybrid energy harvester (HEH) that simultaneously captures radiofrequency (RF) and triboelectric (TE) energy. The HEH consists of a wearable rectenna, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), and a power management circuit (PMC). The all-fabric rectenna exhibits good impedance matching in the ISM frequency range, while the TENG can generate a maximum power density of 0.024 μW cm\(^{-2}\). The PMC enhances the controllability of harvested energy and includes MPPT, charge protection, and UVLO functions. A fabric circuit board quasi-surface mount technology (FCB-SMT) is proposed to integrate all modules on a single fabric substrate, ensuring mechanical robustness. The HEH successfully drives consumer electronics like sensors and watches, offering a new energy solution for self-powered wearable devices. The system's effectiveness is demonstrated through experiments, showing fast charging speeds and stable performance under various conditions.The paper presents a novel wearable all-fabric hybrid energy harvester (HEH) that simultaneously captures radiofrequency (RF) and triboelectric (TE) energy. The HEH consists of a wearable rectenna, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), and a power management circuit (PMC). The all-fabric rectenna exhibits good impedance matching in the ISM frequency range, while the TENG can generate a maximum power density of 0.024 μW cm\(^{-2}\). The PMC enhances the controllability of harvested energy and includes MPPT, charge protection, and UVLO functions. A fabric circuit board quasi-surface mount technology (FCB-SMT) is proposed to integrate all modules on a single fabric substrate, ensuring mechanical robustness. The HEH successfully drives consumer electronics like sensors and watches, offering a new energy solution for self-powered wearable devices. The system's effectiveness is demonstrated through experiments, showing fast charging speeds and stable performance under various conditions.
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