Triboelectric nanogenerator enabled wearable sensors and electronics for sustainable internet of things integrated green earth

Y Yang, X Guo, M Zhu, Z Sun, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of the Internet of Things/5G infrastructure requires a low‐cost ubiquitous
sensory network to realize an autonomous system for information collection and processing …

Flexible self-charging power sources

R Liu, ZL Wang, K Fukuda, T Someya - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

Self-powered sensing in wearable electronics─ a paradigm shift technology

W Tang, Q Sun, ZL Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advancements in materials science and micro/nanoengineering, the field of
wearable electronics has experienced a rapid growth and significantly impacted and …

An advanced strategy to enhance TENG output: reducing triboelectric charge decay

C Wang, H Guo, P Wang, J Li, Y Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to accelerate the construction of smart cities.
However, it requires more than 30 billion sensors to realize the IoT vision, posing great …

The rising of fiber constructed piezo/triboelectric nanogenerators: from material selections, fabrication techniques to emerging applications

J Li, J Cai, J Yu, Z Li, B Ding - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezo/triboelectric nanogenerators (PTNGs) have become the research frontier in many
cutting‐edge applications, which open up promising possibilities for broad prospects. Fiber …

Soft fibers with magnetoelasticity for wearable electronics

X Zhao, Y Zhou, J Xu, G Chen, Y Fang, T Tat… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Magnetoelastic effect characterizes the change of materials' magnetic properties under
mechanical deformation, which is conventionally observed in some rigid metals or metal …

From contact electrification to triboelectric nanogenerators

ZL Wang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Although the contact electrification (CE)(or usually called'triboelectrification') effect has been
known for over 2600 years, its scientific mechanism still remains debated after decades …

Advances in high‐performance autonomous energy and self‐powered sensing textiles with novel 3D fabric structures

K Dong, X Peng, R Cheng, C Ning, Y Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The seamless integration of emerging triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology with
traditional wearable textile materials has given birth to the next‐generation smart textiles, ie …

Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human–robot interface

J Xiong, J Chen, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …