An ultrastretchable seamlessly integrated contactless charging microsystem towards skin-attachable wireless microelectronics

Abstract For electronics to be wearable, contactless charging and overall deformability are necessary pre-conditions. However, the current heterogeneous integration based on different active materials and separate manufacturing often leads to mechanical mismatch. Here, we report an ultrastretchable...

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Main Authors: Zhihao Ren, Xiaoyu Shi, Qing Yang, Chunsheng Li, Hanqing Liu, Tiesheng Bai, Yuan Ma, Pratteek Das, Haofeng Liu, Endian Yang, Shengye Jin, Liang Feng, Quan Shi, Xinhe Bao, Hui-Ming Cheng, Zhong-Shuai Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56881-z
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Summary:Abstract For electronics to be wearable, contactless charging and overall deformability are necessary pre-conditions. However, the current heterogeneous integration based on different active materials and separate manufacturing often leads to mechanical mismatch. Here, we report an ultrastretchable all-in-one integrated MXene-based microsystem comprising wireless coils, micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) and strain sensors. The seamless configuration without any connecting interface dramatically improves the structural integrity of the microsystem, and a pre-crumpled structure endows it with superior stretchability. Attributed to these, our MSCs can be wirelessly charged in ~20 s under various types of deformation and are capable of powering strain sensors, responding rapidly to body motion signals. Moreover, the MSCs display a high specific capacitance of 76.82 F cm–3, and superb mechanical stability with 98.5% capacitance retention after biaxial stretching 1000 cycles from 0% to 500% areal strain. Therefore, this work sheds new insights into design and implementation of skin-attachable wireless microelectronics.
ISSN:2041-1723