公开(公告)号：US20210112891A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US16927747

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Kristy Jost ,  Yury Gogotsi ,  Genevieve Dion

IPC: A41D13/005 ,  H01G11/24 ,  H01G11/70 ,  H01G11/28 ,  A41D31/00

Abstract: A garment includes a supercapacitor and/or heated fabrics including a first conductive yarn knitted to as to form a current collector and a second conductive yarn knitted to as to form an electrode that is in electrical contact with the current collector. The conductive yarns are knitted into a predetermined supercapacitor design having respective electrodes that are not in electrical contact with each other. An electrolyte saturates at least the electrode material either before or after knitting, and an ionically permeable electronic separator allows the electrodes to be in close proximity to each other without being in electrical contact with each other. A heating element may also be formed by knitting at least one of the first and second conductive yarns into a linear resistor or by knitting an insulated conductive yarn into a sheet of fabric. Such a heating element is connected to the supercapacitor via a switch.

公开(公告)号：US11751611B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US16927747

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Kristy Jost ,  Yury Gogotsi ,  Genevieve Dion

IPC: A41D13/05 ,  A41D13/005 ,  H01G11/24 ,  H01G11/70 ,  H01G11/28 ,  A41D31/00

CPC classification number: A41D13/0051 ,  A41D31/00 ,  H01G11/24 ,  H01G11/28 ,  H01G11/70 ,  Y02E60/13

Abstract: A garment includes a supercapacitor and/or heated fabrics including a first conductive yarn knitted to as to form a current collector and a second conductive yarn knitted to as to form an electrode that is in electrical contact with the current collector. The conductive yarns are knitted into a predetermined supercapacitor design having respective electrodes that are not in electrical contact with each other. An electrolyte saturates at least the electrode material either before or after knitting, and an ionically permeable electronic separator allows the electrodes to be in close proximity to each other without being in electrical contact with each other. A heating element may also be formed by knitting at least one of the first and second conductive yarns into a linear resistor or by knitting an insulated conductive yarn into a sheet of fabric. Such a heating element is connected to the supercapacitor via a switch.