Wenming Liu, Xiaohui Jiang, Zhiran Yu, Kai Pang, Jian Wang and Yuxin Peng

BIOENGINEERING-BASEL

2023   Volume 10   Issue 3

https://doi.org/ 10.3390/bioengineering10030381

Abstract：

Far-infrared (FIR) is considered to be an ideal method to promote fatigue recovery due to its high permeability and strong radiation. In this paper, we report a flexible and wearable graphene heating device to help fatigue recovery of human exercise by using its high FIR divergence property. This study compares two different fatigue recovery methods, graphene far-infrared heating device hot application and natural recovery, over a 20 min recovery time among the male colleges’ exhaustion exercise. Experimental results show that the achieved graphene device holds excellent electro-thermal radiation conversion efficiency of 70% and normal total emissivity of 89%. Moreover, the graphene FIR therapy in our work is more energy-efficient, easy to use, and wearable than traditional fatigue recovery methods. Such an anti-fatigue strategy offers new opportunities for enlarging potential applications of graphene film in body science, athletic training recovery, and wearable devices.

Keywords: fatigue recovery；far-infrared；graphene film；heating device