A Self-Powered Flexible Biosensor for Human Exercise Intensity Monitoring

Abstract

We report a flexible and portable biosensor for real-time monitoring body exercise intensity without power supply. The biosensor consists of ZnO NWs and flexible PDMS substrate. The flexible and portable biosensor can be attached to tester’s skin surface. Through piezoelectric signal, exercise intensity can be real-time monitored in sport process. After sweating, the sweat on the skin can flow to the modified ZnO NWs according to the set route through the guide channel of PDMS substrate. It also can monitor the variations of lactic acid concentration in sweat, and the output piezoelectric voltage depends on the sweat concentration, so as to judge the exercise intensity of sport. The biosensor can charge miniature capacitor and the capacitor can charge other small electronic equipment. This multidisciplinary study point out a new development direction of human exercise intensity monitoring and sport big data transmission in the field of sport science, and promote the development of self-powered flexible multifunctional nano-system.