Truly form-factor–free industrially scalable system integration for electronic textile architectures with multifunctional fiber devices
Sanghyo Lee, Hyung Woo Choi, Cátia Lopes Figueiredo, Dong‐Wook Shin, Francesc Mañosa Moncunill, Kay Ullrich, Stefano Sinopoli, Petar Jovanĉić, Jiajie Yang, Hanleem Lee, Martin Eisenreich, U. Emanuele, Salvatore Nicotera, Ângelo Santos, Rui Igreja, Alessio Marrani, Roberto Momentè, João Gomes, Sung‐Min Jung, Soo Deok Han, Sang Yun Bang, Shijie Zhan, William Harden-Chaters, Yo‐Han Suh, Xiang‐Bing Fan, Tae Hoon Lee, Jeong‐Wan Jo, Yoonwoo Kim, Antonino Costantino, Virginia Garcia Candel, Nelson Durães, Sebastian Meyer, Chulhong Kim, Marcel P. Lucassen, A. Nejim, David Jiménez, Martijn Springer, Young‐Woo Lee, Geon‐Hyoung An, Youngjin Choi, Jung Inn Sohn, SeungNam Cha, Manish Chhowalla, G.A.J. Amaratunga, Luigi G. Occhipinti, Pedro Barquinha, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Jong Min Kim
Abstract
An integrated textile electronic system is reported here, enabling a truly free form factor system via textile manufacturing integration of fiber-based electronic components. Intelligent and smart systems require freedom of form factor, unrestricted design, and unlimited scale. Initial attempts to develop conductive fibers and textile electronics failed to achieve reliable integration and performance required for industrial-scale manufacturing of technical textiles by standard weaving technologies. Here, we present a textile electronic system with functional one-dimensional devices, including fiber photodetectors (as an input device), fiber supercapacitors (as an energy storage device), fiber field-effect transistors (as an electronic driving device), and fiber quantum dot light-emitting diodes (as an output device). As a proof of concept applicable to smart homes, a textile electronic system composed of multiple functional fiber components is demonstrated, enabling luminance modulation and letter indication depending on sunlight intensity.