Lightweight, portability, and sustainability have become
key factors
of the power source for the rapid development of multifunctional wearable
electronic devices. In this work, a washable, wearable, and durable
self-charging system for human motion energy harvesting and storage
based on asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) and triboelectric nanogenerators
(TENGs) is investigated. The all-solid-state flexible ASC is composed
of a cobalt–nickel layered double hydroxide grown on a carbon
cloth (CoNi-LDH@CC) as the positive electrode and activated carbon
cloth (ACC) as the negative electrode and exhibits the performance
of small size, high flexibility, and superior stability. The device
was able to provide a capacity of 345 mF cm–2 and
a cycle retention rate of 83% after 5000 cycles, which shows great
potential as an energy storage unit. Additionally, flexible silicon
rubber-coated carbon cloth (CC) is waterproof and soft and can be
used as a TENG textile to gain energy for stable charging of an ASC,
which presents an open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of
280 V and 4 μA, respectively. The ASC and TENG can be assembled
to continuously collect and store energy, which provides an all-in-one
self-charging system qualified with washable and durable for potential
applications in wearable electronics.