Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators for biomechanical energy harvesting

Y Zou, V Raveendran, J Chen - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
With compelling features of flexibility, conformability, and user friendliness, wearable
bioelectronics have undergone tremendous development on account of miniaturization and …

Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

K Holmberg, A Erdemir - Friction, 2017 - Springer
Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Triboelectric nanogenerator: Structure, mechanism, and applications

WG Kim, DW Kim, IW Tcho, JK Kim, MS Kim, YK Choi - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of sensors utilized for
the IoT is expected to exceed 200 billion by 2025. Thus, sustainable energy supplies without …

Quantifying electron-transfer in liquid-solid contact electrification and the formation of electric double-layer

S Lin, L Xu, A Chi Wang, ZL Wang - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Contact electrification (CE) has been known for more than 2600 years but the nature of
charge carriers and their transfer mechanisms still remain poorly understood, especially for …

Quantifying contact status and the air-breakdown model of charge-excitation triboelectric nanogenerators to maximize charge density

Y Liu, W Liu, Z Wang, W He, Q Tang, Y Xi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Surface charge density is the key factor for developing high performance triboelectric
nanogenerators (TENG). The previously invented charge excitation TENG provides a most …

On the electron‐transfer mechanism in the contact‐electrification effect

C Xu, Y Zi, AC Wang, H Zou, Y Dai, X He… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A long debate on the charge identity and the associated mechanisms occurring in contact‐
electrification (CE)(or triboelectrification) has persisted for many decades, while a conclusive …

Long-standing and unresolved issues in triboelectric charging

DJ Lacks, T Shinbrot - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Static electrification is among the earliest of the sciences, well known to us all and with
widespread and important consequences. Yet, its most basic foundations remain poorly …

Fundamental theories and basic principles of triboelectric effect: A review

S Pan, Z Zhang - Friction, 2019 - Springer
Long-term observation of the triboelectric effect has not only proved the feasibility of many
novel and useful tribo-devices (eg, triboelectric nanogenerators), but also constantly …

Fiber‐based wearable electronics: a review of materials, fabrication, devices, and applications

W Zeng, L Shu, Q Li, S Chen, F Wang… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fiber‐based structures are highly desirable for wearable electronics that are expected to be
light‐weight, long‐lasting, flexible, and conformable. Many fibrous structures have been …

Size-dependent charge transfer between water microdroplets

S Lin, LNY Cao, Z Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Contact electrification (CE) in water has attracted much attention, owing to its potential
impacts on the chemical reactions, such as the recent discovery of spontaneous generation …