Recently, the China Textile Industry Federation announced the "Notice on the publication of the list of textile industry innovation platforms in 2024". After the declaration of various units and expert review, there will be 7 newly approved key laboratories and 15 technological innovation centers in the textile industry by 2024. Among them, the "Key Laboratory of Smart Wearable Energy Conversion Materials in Textile Industry" declared by Professor Du Yong from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of SIT was successfully approved.
With the rapid development of 5G communication, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, the market size of wearable electronics is growing explosively. At present, the energy supply of smart wearable electronic products is mainly based on batteries, which need to be frequently charged or replaced, which is easy to lead to signal interruption. In addition, smart wearable electronic products still have problems such as poor wearing comfort and mechanical stability, and relatively single function, which limits large-scale use. Smart wearable electronic products are constantly accelerating the upgrading and iteration, boosting the continuous breakthrough of artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and other technologies. Among them, the flexible smart wearable energy conversion material has the advantages of flexible shape, light weight and good comfort, and has broad application prospects in the field of smart wearable electronic products. At present, Professor Du Yong's team focuses on the low conversion efficiency of flexible thermoelectric power generation devices, and prepares high-performance flexible thermoelectric materials and devices through 3D printing technology and other processes, and a number of achievements have been transformed.
The "Key Laboratory of Smart Wearable Energy Conversion Materials in Textile Industry" will further focus on the research and development of flexible smart wearable energy conversion materials, device development and testing on the basis of the international cooperation platform for smart wearable thermoelectric materials and devices. The laboratory strives to achieve a series of key technological breakthroughs, build a research and development base with a certain reputation at home and abroad in the field of flexible intelligent wearable energy conversion materials, thus promoting the transfer and transformation of basic research results, strengthening international cooperation and exchanges, and cultivating high-level scientific research and high-quality application innovative talents.
The key laboratory of textile industry is supervised by the China Textile Industry Federation, which is an important base for carrying out high-level scientific research, gathering and training outstanding scientific and technological talents, conducting high-level academic exchanges and promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The main task of the key laboratory is to focus on the strategic objectives of major engineering construction and scientific and technological development in the textile industry, carry out research on application basis, major key technologies, forward-looking technologies and related public welfare technologies, solve technical problems in the development of the textile industry, and provide support for improving the innovation ability of the textile industry and the sustainable development ability of industry science and technology.
Source: School of Materials Science and Engineering
International Cooperation Division
