Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy generation from fabric electrochemistry
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Application No.: US16490789Application Date: 2018-03-02
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Publication No.: US11411227B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Shaurya Prakash , Vishwanath V. Subramaniam , Chandan Sen , Asimina Kiourti , Shomita Steiner , Piya Das Ghatak , Ramandeep Vilkhu , Anne Co , Wesley Joo-Chen Thio
- Applicant: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: US OH Columbus
- Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Columbus
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/020725 WO 20180302
- International Announcement: WO2018/161005 WO 20180907
- Main IPC: A61F13/00
- IPC: A61F13/00 ; A61L15/44 ; D03D1/00 ; D06M11/83 ; H01M4/06 ; H01M4/38 ; H01M4/54 ; H01M50/411 ; H01M50/44 ; H01M6/04 ; A41D1/00 ; A41D31/12

Abstract:
Disclosed and described herein are systems and methods of energy generation from fabric electrochemistry. An electrical cell is created when electrodes (cathodes and anodes) are ‘printed’ on or otherwise embedded into fabrics to generate DC power when moistened by a conductive bodily liquid such as sweat, wound, fluid, etc. The latter acts, in turn, as the cell's electrolyte. A singular piece of fabric can be configured into multiple cells by dividing regions of the fabric with hydrophobic barriers and having at least one anode-cathode set in each region. Flexible inter-connections between the cells can be used to scale the generated power, per the application requirements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200006783A1 ENERGY GENERATION FROM FABRIC ELECTROCHEMISTRY Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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