A graphene-based electro-thermochromic textile display
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Author(s)
Ji, Xiaoqian
Liu, Wenwen
Yin, Yunjie
Wang, Chaoxia
Torrisi, Felice
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Electronic textiles (e textiles) are rapidly emerging as key enablers for wearable electronics. Graphene and 2D materials have played a major role in enabling truly wearable e-textiles. Here we demonstrate a textile-based display using the Joule's heating of a screen-printed, few-layer graphene ink to drive the colour switching of thermochromic polyurethane on a cotton fabric. The average temperature of the few-layer graphene ink on the fabric was voltage-controlled reaching about 43 °C in 45 s at a bias of 12 V and a recovery of <20 s with negligible degradation after several heating/cooling cycles. This is used to demonstrate several electro-thermochromic textile displays, thus representing a breakthrough in e-textiles technology.
Date Issued
2020-11-28
Date Acceptance
2020-10-01
Citation
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8 (44), pp.15788-15794
ISSN
2050-7526
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
15788
End Page
15794
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume
8
Issue
44
Copyright Statement
©The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/R511547/1
EP/T005106/1
EP/P02534X/2
Subjects
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
0912 Materials Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-10-02