title: Subdermal Flexible Solar Cell Arrays for Powering Medical Electronic Implants.
abstract: A subdermally implantable flexible photovoltatic (IPV) device is proposed for supplying sustainable electric power to in vivo medical implants. Electric properties of the implanted IPV device are characterized in live animal models. Feasibility of this strategy is demonstrated by operating a flexible pacemaker with the subdermal IPV device which generates DC electric power of ≈647 μW under the skin.
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.|Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kwangsun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical System Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Taehoon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Namyun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sungho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.|Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Juho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.|Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Hyuck
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sungho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical System Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.|School of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Zhong Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.|Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jongho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020007:Implants, Experimental; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012867:Skin; D012993:Solar Energy
keywords: bioelectronics; energy; flexible pacemaker; medical implants; solar cell