Karim, N, Afroj, S, Tan, S et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Scalable Production of Graphene-Based Wearable E-Textiles. ACS Nano, 11 (12). pp. 12266-12275. ISSN 1936-0851
Abstract
Graphene-based wearable e-textiles are considered to be promising due to their advantages over traditional metal-based technology. However, the manufacturing process is complex and currently not suitable for industrial scale application. Here we report a simple, scalable, and cost-effective method of producing graphene-based wearable e-textiles through the chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to make stable reduced graphene oxide (rGO) dispersion which can then be applied to the textile fabric using a simple pad-dry technique. This application method allows the potential manufacture of conductive graphene e-textiles at commercial production rates of ∼150 m/min. The graphene e-textile materials produced are durable and washable with acceptable softness/hand feel. The rGO coating enhanced the tensile strength of cotton fabric and also the flexibility due to the increase in strain% at maximum load. We demonstrate the potential application of these graphene e-textiles for wearable electronics with activity monitoring sensor. This could potentially lead to a multifunctional single graphene e-textile garment that can act both as sensors and flexible heating elements powered by the energy stored in graphene textile supercapacitors.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Nano, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b05921 |
Keywords: | activity monitoring; e-textiles; graphene; textile sensors; wearables |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2017 15:06 |
Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2020 12:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acsnano.7b05921 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125303 |