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<b>Textile-Based Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices for Wearable Electronics</b> <p><b>Discover state-of-the-art developments in textile-based wearable and stretchable electronics from leaders in the field</b> <p>In <i>Textile-Based Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices for Wearable Electronics,</i> renowned researchers Professor Xing Fan and his co-authors deliver an insightful and rigorous exploration of textile-based energy harvesting and storage systems. The book covers the principles of smart fibers and fabrics, as well as their fabrication methods. It introduces, in detail, several fiber- and fabric-based energy harvesting and storage devices, including photovoltaics, piezoelectrics, triboelectrics, supercapacitors, batteries, and sensing and self-powered electric fabrics. <p>The authors also discuss expanded functions of smart fabrics, like stretchability, hydrophobicity, air permeability and color-changeability. The book includes sections on emerging electronic fibers and textiles, including stress-sensing, strain-sensing, and chemical-sensing textiles, as well as emerging self-powered electronic textiles. <i>Textile-Based Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices for Wearable Electronics</i> concludes with an in-depth treatment of upcoming challenges, opportunities, and commercialization requirements for electronic textiles, providing valuable insight into a highly lucrative new commercial sector. <p>The book also offers: <ul><li>A thorough introduction to the evolution from classical functional fibers to intelligent fibers and textiles</li> <li>An exploration of typical film deposition technologies, like dry-process film deposition and wet-process technologies for roll-to-roll device fabrication</li> <li>Practical discussions of the fabrication process of intelligent fibers and textiles, including the synthesis of classical functional fibers and nano/micro assembly on fiber materials</li> <li>In-depth examinations of energy harvesting and energy storage fib