Liquid metal-enabled energy harvesting for self-powered flexible electronics

Abstract

The escalating demand for sustainable, flexible, and miniaturized power sources to energize the expanding ecosystem of wearable electronics, implantable devices, and distributed sensor networks calls for a paradigm shift in energy harvesting technologies. Conventional rigid and brittle materials inherently constrain the integration, flexibility, and functionality in real-world environments. The synergy of mechanical bendability, high electrical conductivity, and fluidic adaptability in gallium-based liquid metals (LMs) is emerging as a key enabler for self-powered flexible electronics. This review outlines an advancement in strategy exploiting the unique properties of liquid metals to reshap..