【英文】世界经济论坛报告：2023年十大新兴技术（35页）

英文研究报告 2023年07月11日 07:50 管理员

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.