Wearable Textile Supercapacitors: Material Advancements and Applications
Alyssa Grube, Mahmoud M. Shaban, Laurel Hilger, Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei, Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi, Yaşar Demi̇rel, Mark Ellıott, Siamak Nejati, Mona Bavarian
Abstract
Research into textile supercapacitors (TSCs) for portable and wearable energy storage devices is gaining traction. This is rooted in TSCs' exceptional properties, such as being lightweight and having intrinsic flexibility, stretchability, washability, and compatibility with wearable microelectronic gadgets. This review presents recent developments and advances in the materials and methods used to fabricate TSCs, emphasizing the sustainability of textiles and other commonly used materials in this field. Additionally, we highlight promising environmentally friendly synthetic methods for preparing TSCs. Finally, we offer a perspective on the future directions for further development of TSCs and potential imminent applications of this technology. • Textile supercapacitors are lightweight and have intrinsic flexibility, stretchability, washability, and compatibility with wearable gadgets. • Recent developments and advances in materials and methods used to fabricate TSCs are presented. • Emphasis is placed on the sustainability of textiles and other materials commonly used in this field. • An overview of the developing electrochemical energy storage systems and the environmentally friendly synthetic processes used to create them are included. • The challenges related to TSC fabrication were discussed.