Issue 9, 2021

Wearable and washable light/thermal emitting textiles

Abstract

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) typically comprise fabric substrates with electronic components capable of heating, sensing, lighting and data storage. In this work, we rationally designed and fabricated anisotropic light/thermal emitting e-textiles with great mechanical stability based on a sandwich-structured tri-electrode device. By coating silver nanowire network/thermal insulation bilayer on fabrics, an anisotropic thermal emitter can be realized for smart heat management. By further covering the emissive film and the top electrode on the bilayer, light emitters with desirable patterns and colors are extracted from the top surface via an alternative current derived electroluminescence. Both the light and thermal emitting functions can be operated simultaneously or separately. Particularly, our textiles exhibit reliable heating and lighting performance in water, revealing excellent waterproof feature and washing stability.

Graphical abstract: Wearable and washable light/thermal emitting textiles

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jan 2021
Accepted
19 Mar 2021
First published
20 Mar 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 2475-2480

Wearable and washable light/thermal emitting textiles

Z. Tian, H. Zhang, F. Xiu, M. Zhang, J. Zou, C. Ban, Y. Nie, W. Jiang, B. Hu and J. Liu, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 2475 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00063B

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