Flexible Electronics: Natural Fiber Welded Electrode Yarns for Knittable Textile Supercapacitors (Adv. Energy Mater. 4/2015)

In article number 1401286, Paul C. Trulove, Yury Gogotsi, Genevieve Dion, and co-workers report the fabrication of electrode yarns using a process called natural fiber welding. The process uses ionic liquids to embed capacitive carbon particles into the surface of cellulose yarns. The electrode yarns are then assembled into a striped knitted fabric for applications in wearable electronics. Image design: Kristy Jost, Drexel University.