Self-powered active antibacterial clothing through hybrid effects of nanowire-enhanced electric field electroporation and controllable hydrogen peroxide generation

The concept of self-powered active disinfection system for clothing is proposed. A m-TENG is embedded in shoe soles to harvest mechanical energy from human motions. CFFs modified with Au-Te nanowires function as electrodes of the disinfection device. The electric output from the m-TENG enables simultaneous disinfection of bacteria inside the CFFs through the hybrid effects of H2O2 production and electroporation.396