From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring
Abstract The rapid development of wearable sweat sensors has demonstrated their potential for continuous, non‐invasive disease diagnosis and health monitoring. Emerging energy harvesters capable of converting various environmental energy sources—biomechanical, thermal, biochemical, and solar—into el...
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| description | Abstract The rapid development of wearable sweat sensors has demonstrated their potential for continuous, non‐invasive disease diagnosis and health monitoring. Emerging energy harvesters capable of converting various environmental energy sources—biomechanical, thermal, biochemical, and solar—into electrical energy are revolutionizing power solutions for wearable devices. Based on self‐powered technology, the integration of the energy harvesters with wearable sweat sensors can drive the device for biosensing, signal processing, and data transmission. As a result, self‐powered sweat sensors are able to operate continuously without external power or charging, greatly facilitating the development of wearable electronics and personalized healthcare. This review focuses on the recent advances in self‐powered sweat sensors for personalized healthcare, covering sweat sensors, energy harvesters, energy management, and applications. The review begins with the foundations of wearable sweat sensors, providing an overview of their detection methods, materials, and wearable devices. Then, the working mechanism, structure, and a characteristic of different types of energy harvesters are discussed. The features and challenges of different energy harvesters in energy supply and energy management of sweat sensors are emphasized. The review concludes with a look at the future prospects of self‐powered sweat sensors, outlining the trajectory of the field and its potential to flourish. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb52ae679dd84607a1ef3b5f937b38d82025-08-20T03:29:52ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442025-06-011224n/an/a10.1002/advs.202409178From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health MonitoringNan Gao0Guodong Xu1Gang Chang2Yuxiang Wu3Institute of Intelligent Sport and Proactive Health Department of Health and Physical Education Jianghan University Wuhan 430056 ChinaInstitute of Intelligent Sport and Proactive Health Department of Health and Physical Education Jianghan University Wuhan 430056 ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Hubei University No.368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang Wuhan 430062 ChinaInstitute of Intelligent Sport and Proactive Health Department of Health and Physical Education Jianghan University Wuhan 430056 ChinaAbstract The rapid development of wearable sweat sensors has demonstrated their potential for continuous, non‐invasive disease diagnosis and health monitoring. Emerging energy harvesters capable of converting various environmental energy sources—biomechanical, thermal, biochemical, and solar—into electrical energy are revolutionizing power solutions for wearable devices. Based on self‐powered technology, the integration of the energy harvesters with wearable sweat sensors can drive the device for biosensing, signal processing, and data transmission. As a result, self‐powered sweat sensors are able to operate continuously without external power or charging, greatly facilitating the development of wearable electronics and personalized healthcare. This review focuses on the recent advances in self‐powered sweat sensors for personalized healthcare, covering sweat sensors, energy harvesters, energy management, and applications. The review begins with the foundations of wearable sweat sensors, providing an overview of their detection methods, materials, and wearable devices. Then, the working mechanism, structure, and a characteristic of different types of energy harvesters are discussed. The features and challenges of different energy harvesters in energy supply and energy management of sweat sensors are emphasized. The review concludes with a look at the future prospects of self‐powered sweat sensors, outlining the trajectory of the field and its potential to flourish.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202409178energy harvesterhealth monitoringprospectself‐poweredsweat sensor |
| spellingShingle | Nan Gao Guodong Xu Gang Chang Yuxiang Wu From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring Advanced Science energy harvester health monitoring prospect self‐powered sweat sensor |
| title | From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring |
| title_full | From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring |
| title_fullStr | From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring |
| title_short | From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring |
| title_sort | from lab to life self powered sweat sensors and their future in personal health monitoring |
| topic | energy harvester health monitoring prospect self‐powered sweat sensor |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202409178 |
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