Typically, batteries and supercapacitor are widely used in self-powered wearable and portable electronics for energy storage. But fatefully, the low charge density and the charging-discharging cycle of supercapacitor and batteries are accounted as key impediments. To gratify the shortcomings of the energy storage system, harvesting of energy from the environment is getting the soaring concern. Among several sources the solar, wind, mechanical, thermal, etc. are the popular environmental sources. But singly those sources could not able to supply requisite power. So several attempts have made to harvest two or more energies from the environment simultaneously where mechanical properties of the yarn were turned unfit for weaving/knitting. That's why it is urgent to harvest two or more energies simultaneously where mechanical properties of the yarn will remain within the favorable range. So, I am seeking your precious suggestions in this regards.
Thanks in advance for your precious time and consideration.
Dear Binoy Bera,
Many many thanks for your reply. I have gone through your relevant articles. Those were really great. Probably you have checked the following article
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn305247x
Here, they have killed 3 birds with 1 stone! But mechanical properties of the product were not so favorable for the factual application.
However, need extensive research to make it more suitable.
Flexible solar cell were invented in the decades like perovskite solar cell, organic solar cell etc. However, I didn't hear that these solar cells are commercially available.
Here is a link of bendable solar cell, you can find many more papers on this in RSC or ACS or nature community
http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ee/c4ee02441a/unauth#!divAbstract
I think this will help you. All the best for your research :)
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