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 …

Strategies for effectively harvesting wind energy based on triboelectric nanogenerators

Z Ren, L Wu, Y Pang, W Zhang, R Yang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind energy has played a reasonable proportion in the current energy structure, extracting
energy from wind sources attracts extensive attention in the era of global carbon neutrality …

Material choices for triboelectric nanogenerators: A critical review

R Zhang, H Olin - EcoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a novel technology with applications in many areas,
including energy harvesting, self‐powered sensing, medication, and electronics. The …

Recent progress in blue energy harvesting for powering distributed sensors in ocean

T Zhao, M Xu, X Xiao, Y Ma, Z Li, ZL Wang - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oceanography has received a lot of attention in the 21st century. Due to the harsh and
complex ocean conditions, ensuring power supply to the distributed marine equipment has …

Flexible seaweed-like triboelectric nanogenerator as a wave energy harvester powering marine internet of things

Y Wang, X Liu, Y Wang, H Wang, H Wang, SL Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The marine internet of things (MIoT), an increasingly important foundation for ocean
development and protection, consists of a variety of marine distributed sensors under water …

Self-powered sensors and systems based on nanogenerators

Z Wu, T Cheng, ZL Wang - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sensor networks are essential for the development of the Internet of Things and the smart
city. A general sensor, especially a mobile sensor, has to be driven by a power unit. When …

An ultra-low-friction triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid nanogenerator for rotation energy harvesting and self-powered wind speed sensor

P Wang, L Pan, J Wang, M Xu, G Dai, H Zou, K Dong… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are attracting more and more attention since they can
convert various mechanical energies into electric energy. However, in traditional TENGs for …

A novel humidity resisting and wind direction adapting flag-type triboelectric nanogenerator for wind energy harvesting and speed sensing

Y Wang, E Yang, T Chen, J Wang, Z Hu, J Mi, X Pan… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstracts Wind energy harvesting from ambient environment by TENG is highly desirable for
powering the wireless sensing system. However, humid environment and variable wind …

An underwater flag-like triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting ocean current energy under extremely low velocity condition

Y Wang, X Liu, T Chen, H Wang, C Zhu, H Yu, L Song… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean current energy harvester is a promising infrastructure to achieve self-powered marine
wireless sensing system. This study proposes and investigates an underwater flag-like …

Wind energy system for buildings in an urban environment

KCS Kwok, G Hu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban built environments have grown dramatically worldwide in the past few decades due to
rapid economic and population growths. The potential utilization of renewable resources is …