Flexible and Wearable Graphene-Based E-Textiles
Authors: Karim, N., Afroj, S., Leech, D. and Abdelkader, A.M.
Pages: 21-49
ISBN: 9781119529477
DOI: 10.1002/9781119529538.ch2
Abstract:Graphene-based wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) have shown promise due to their advantages over metal-based technologies. Among them, graphene derivatives, such as graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based e-textiles are of great interest, because of their excellent washability, flexibility, and durability, possibly via suitable bonding between functional groups of textiles, and residual oxygen-containing functional groups of rGO. Additionally, such graphene derivatives could be synthesized and applied onto textiles in a scalable and cost-effective way. In this chapter, we review and compare GO synthesis and their reduction to rGO, and application techniques onto or into textiles via commonly used fabrication methods including spinning, coating, and printing. We then discuss about the potential applications of thus produced graphene-based wearable e-textiles, and then draw conclusions by covering future directions and challenges associated with such e-textiles.
Source: Scopus