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 …

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 …

Overall performance improvement of direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators by charge leakage and ternary dielectric evaluation

Q Li, S Fu, X Li, H Chen, W He, Q Yang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Harvesting sustainable energy from the natural environment, the triboelectric nanogenerator
(TENG) has emerged as a promising technology that disrupts the traditional energy …

Promoting smart cities into the 5G era with multi-field Internet of Things (IoT) applications powered with advanced mechanical energy harvesters

L Liu, X Guo, C Lee - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Along with the arrival of the 5G era, sustainable and renewable energy supplies have
become urgent demands towards plentifully distributed devices utilized for constructing …

Pursuing the tribovoltaic effect for direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators

C Xu, J Yu, Z Huo, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of fossil energy and global climate change have driven humankind to find a
new type of renewable, accessible, and clean energy. The triboelectric nanogenerator …

Mechanical intelligent energy harvesting: from methodology to applications

LC Zhao, HX Zou, KX Wei, SX Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) connects everything with intelligence,
while the increase in energy consumption generated by numerous electronic devices puts …

Progress in recent research on the design and use of triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting wind energy

B Shi, Q Wang, H Su, J Li, B Xie, P Wang, J Qiu, C Wu… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind energy is a green and sustainable natural source of abundant and widely distributed
energy. The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a new type of energy conversion device …

Fabric‐based TENG woven with bio‐fabricated superhydrophobic bacterial cellulose fiber for energy harvesting and motion detection

K Chen, Y Li, G Yang, S Hu, Z Shi… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fabric‐based triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) exhibit superior output performance,
flexibility, and wearability. However, the fabric structure often creates gaps that accumulate …

Advanced multifunctional aqueous rechargeable batteries design: from materials and devices to systems

L Li, Q Zhang, B He, R Pan, Z Wang, M Chen… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multifunctional aqueous rechargeable batteries (MARBs) are regarded as safe, cost‐
effective, and scalable electrochemical energy storage devices, which offer additional …

The tribovoltaic effect

S Lin, ZL Wang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Contact electrification (or triboelectrification)(CE) is a universal phenomenon between any
two materials or two phases of materials. But a contact between two different materials may …