【英文】世界经济论坛报告：2023年十大新兴技术（35页）

From rollable computer screens to “smart” clothing,  the future of electronics looks to be increasingly  fexible. The rapidly escalating development of  wearable devices, fexible electronics and bendable  displays demands power sources that match the  agility of these systems. Standard, rigid batteries  may soon be a thing of the past as thin, fexible  batteries – made of lightweight materials that can be  easily twisted, bent or stretched – reach the market.   Several types of fexible batteries are currently available.  These batteries are rechargeable and include lithiumion or zinc-carbon systems placed on conductive  polymer current collectors. 

In some cases, additives  enhance conductivity and fexibility.1  The electrodes of  fexible batteries can be coated with – or even printed  onto – fexible substrates, including carbon-based  materials like graphene, carbon fbres or cloth.   Flexible batteries have applications in a growing  number of felds, including wearable medical  devices and biomedical sensors, fexible displays  and smartwatches. Health-related applications  powered by these batteries could transmit data  wirelessly to healthcare providers, facilitating remote  patient monitoring. Further, fexible batteries that  can be integrated into the fabric of jackets, shirts  or other apparel will be required to power emerging  textile-based electronics with capabilities ranging  from built-in heating systems to health monitoring.