Table 4.
Selected examples of various textile-based energy harvesters fabricated via top-down and bottom-up strategies
| Storage type | Material | Fabrication | Features | Capacity | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li-ion battery | Graphite, LiCoO2 | Chemical plating/electroplating | Flexible, washable | 25 mAh/m | (He et al., 2021) |
| Li4Ti5O12, LiFePO4, denka black | Electroless deposition, Slurry coating | Flexible | 13 mAh | (Lee et al., 2013) | |
| Zn battery | MnO2, CNT, Zn | Coated yarn (bottom-up) | Flexible, stretchable | 1.5 mAh/cm | ( Li et al., 2018c) |
| Ag2O, Zn, Super-P | Printed, drop casting (top down) | Flexible, stretchable | 2.5 mAh/cm2 | (Kumar et al., 2017) | |
| Supercapacitors | Reduced graphene oxide (rGO), Ni, Polyester | Melt-spun (bottom up) | Flexible | 13 mF/cm | (Pu et al., 2015) |
| COOH-CNT/MnO2-CNT, PEDOT:PSS | Printed (top down) | Flexible, stretchable | ∼100 mF/cm2 | (Lv et al., 2018) |