
Self-powered skin sensors have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their great potential in medical care, robotics, prosthetics, and sports. More importantly, self-powered skin sensors do not need any energy-supply components like batteries, which allows them to work sustainably and saves them the trouble of replacement of batteries. The self-powered skin sensors are mainly based on energy harvesters, with the device itself generating electrical signals when triggered by the detected stimulus or analyte, such as body motion, touch/pressure, acoustic sound, and chemicals in sweat. Herein, the recent research achievements of self-powered skin sensors are comprehensively and systematically reviewed. According to the different monitoring signals, the self-powered skin sensors are summarized and discussed with a focus on the working mechanism, device structure, and the sensing principle. Based on the recent progress, the key challenges that exist and the opportunities that lie ahead are also discussed.
self-powered, triboelectric nanogenerator, Chemical technology, TP1-1185, Review, Acoustics, skin sensor, Motion, Electric Power Supplies, Touch, Pressure, Humans, piezoelectric nanogenerator, Skin
self-powered, triboelectric nanogenerator, Chemical technology, TP1-1185, Review, Acoustics, skin sensor, Motion, Electric Power Supplies, Touch, Pressure, Humans, piezoelectric nanogenerator, Skin
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