Advanced Materials for Energy Efficient Printable Electronics

With the growing smartness in electronic manufacturing worldwide, printed electronics capture attention because of their ability to overcome the limitation of traditional high-cost manufacturing approach which is mostly based on rigid silicon substrate. Moreover, has a great potential to offer biodegradable and recyclable solutions, by choosing low-cost substrate for printing devices, that may be recycled and/or naturally degraded in nature. This is a way forward to minimize the electronic waste (e-waste) caused by the ever-increasing number of disposable electronic devices. Relevantly, “printing electronics on paper” technology is rapidly developing in both research and electronic industry fields during the last decade. [1]<br/>For a plethora of applications, the printed devices and systems on foils require to be powered autonomously. To do so, within a sustainable approach green energy source should be exploited, such as photovoltaics thermo and mechanic energy harvester exploiting as much as possible the different materials performances as well design and architecture of the same.<br/>The development of stable, cost-effective, non-toxic, and eco-friendly printable devices for energy powering electronic printed devices on foils, such paper that are extremely lightweight, affordable, readily customizable, thin, flexible, and disposable are discussed in this presentation.