journal article·2026-03

All‐Fiber‐Type Temperature Sensor Powered by Zinc‐Ion Battery toward Wearable Sensing Clothes for Health Monitoring

Guifen Sun, Zhaolei Ma, Zhen Xiao, Lingrui Meng, Zhixin Liu, Peng Wang, Zhengyan Zhang, Zhuo Li, Chuizhou Meng, Shijie Guo

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 20
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Abstract

Abstract Continuous and accurate monitoring of body temperature is vital for human healthcare. However, existing flexible temperature sensors face challenges such as poor reproducibility owing to thermal influences and reliance on bulky external power supplies, which limit wearability. To address these issues, a highly reproducible and self‐powered fiber‐based temperature sensor is developed. The fiber‐type sensor employs an optimized aramid/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) substrate with a near‐zero thermal expansion coefficient combined with a highly conductive dual‐filler network of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ), suppressing temperature‐induced signal drift. The sensor demonstrates higher stability and repeatability, shows a linear response in the temperature range of 20−55 °C, and features a fast response of 120 ms and superresolution (0.1 °C). For the fiber‐type battery, a MnO 2 ‐decorated carbon fiber cathode and a zinc wire anode are bonded by a gel polymer electrolyte encapsulated in Ecoflex, delivering a high open‐circuit voltage (1.49 V) and large capacity (278 mAh g −1 ). The practicality of the system is demonstrated by embedding a fiber sensor and battery into clothing, enabling continuous body temperature monitoring and early fever detection through subtle abnormal temperature variations.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Conducting polymers and applications · Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory for Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Intelligent Rehabilitation Device and Detection Technology Hebei Key Laboratory of Smart Sensing and Human‐Robot Interaction School of Mechanical Engineering Hebei University of Technology Tianjin 300401 China

School of Mechanical Engineering University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China

Department of Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China

School of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang Sci‐Tech University Hangzhou 310018 China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province · Tianjin Municipal Transportation Commission Science and Technology Development Plan Project · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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