School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications,Nanjing 210046, China
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School of the Environment, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Wearable microgrids, a wearable system with integrated energy harvesting, storage, and regulation modules, and sensors, have potential to support human healthcare. However, wearable microgrids have not reached viability due to their high costs and limited performance, stability, and biocompatibility, awaiting significant breakthroughs, especially in material science filed. Single-atom materials (SAMs), one of the most promising forefronts of material, can overcome the shortcomings mentioned above and provide many extra advantages in various harvesters, energy storage devices, and wearable sensors. Herein, we discuss the potential of using SAMs in wearable devices to meet the demands of building practical energy-autonomous wearable microgrids towards extended comprehensive self-monitoring and human-machine interfacing.
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