New smart textiles pour autonomous room lighting

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In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the development of smart textiles and the integration of new energy features. These textiles are likely to play an important role in areas such as energy storage and / or transformation. The interest of the textile lies in the fact that it is flexible, lightweight and can be declined in a large number of applications such as signage (flags, banners) or for architectural applications (decorative wallpapers, curtains). Real opportunities are emerging for the photonics textiles market in buildings (architecture, interior design) and in the mobility sector. The objective of the LUMINOPTEX project is to integrate organic light-emitting diodes (OLED's) directly into the textile to combine the unique properties of the textile (flexibility, lightness, comfort, low cost) with the advantages of OLED's (light output, low consumption). These OLEDs will be powered autonomously, by harvesting the energy available in buildings as radio frequencies (WIFI) and storing it in batteries or supercapacitors. The project is based on the combination of the skills of 6 regional partners in order to propose innovative methods to design a textile combining the following three functionalities: capture energy, store it and use it to emit an ambient light autonomously .

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