Flexible electronics is a multidisciplinary research frontier involving chemistry, material science, engineering, medicine and so on. With the development of Internet of Things technology, flexible electronic devices have a broad application prospect in the fields of human health, wearable electronics and robotics. Many kinds of flexible electronic devices have been distributed all over the world. The traditional energy supply for flexible electronic devices by chemical batteries is high cost and contributes to environmental pollution. With the growing threat of energy crises and pollution, the search for renewable energy is one of the most urgent challenges for the sustainable development of human civilization. Micro/nano energy is a kind of sustained, maintenance-free, self-powered energy for flexible electronic devices. Micro/nano energy technology is expected to provide a complete micro energy solution for widely distributed flexible electronic devices. The combination of micro/nano energy utilization technology and flexible electronics promotes the development of miniaturization and intelligence of electronic devices and systems. Therefore, the research of micro/nano energy technology and flexible electronics is important for the development of the Internet of Things. Sensors encourages the research of micro/nano energy technology and flexible electronics.
Keywords
micro/nano energy
flexible electronics
self-powered system
internet of things
sustainable energy supply
self-powered sensing
