Polymer-based triboelectric nanogenerators: Materials, characterization, and applications

M Shanbedi, H Ardebili, A Karim - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), a nascent field in energy conversion technologies,
provide a novel approach to producing electrical energy from mechanical motion in the …

Recent progress of triboelectric nanogenerators: From fundamental theory to practical applications

J Luo, ZL Wang - EcoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For the development of the internet of things (IoTs), big data, and artificial intelligence,
widely distributed sensing network is the most essential element, which has to be driven by …

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 …

Bilayer of polyelectrolyte films for spontaneous power generation in air up to an integrated 1,000 V output

H Wang, Y Sun, T He, Y Huang, H Cheng, C Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Environmentally adaptive power generation is attractive for the development of next-
generation energy sources. Here we develop a heterogeneous moisture-enabled electric …

Active resonance triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting omnidirectional water-wave energy

C Zhang, L He, L Zhou, O Yang, W Yuan, X Wei, Y Liu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Water-wave energy, as one of the important renewable energies, is greatly difficult to
efficiently harvest due to its characteristics of low frequency and randomly moving direction …

Triboelectric nanogenerator: a foundation of the energy for the new era

C Wu, AC Wang, W Ding, H Guo… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As the world is marching into the era of the internet of things (IoTs) and artificial intelligence,
the most vital development for hardware is a multifunctional array of sensing systems, which …

Harvesting wind energy by a triboelectric nanogenerator for an intelligent high-speed train system

C Zhang, Y Liu, B Zhang, O Yang, W Yuan… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The operation cost of an intelligent high-speed train system is greatly increased by the
enormous energy demand of large-scale signal and sensor networks. However, the wind …

Self-powered electro-tactile system for virtual tactile experiences

Y Shi, F Wang, J Tian, S Li, E Fu, J Nie, R Lei… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Tactile sensation plays important roles in virtual reality and augmented reality systems.
Here, a self-powered, painless, and highly sensitive electro-tactile (ET) system for achieving …

Gyroscope-structured triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting multidirectional ocean wave energy

Q Gao, Y Xu, X Yu, Z Jing, T Cheng, ZL Wang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Wave motion in the ocean can generate plentiful energy, but it is difficult to harvest wave
energy for practical use because of the low frequency and random directional characteristics …

A highly sensitive, self-powered triboelectric auditory sensor for social robotics and hearing aids

H Guo, X Pu, J Chen, Y Meng, MH Yeh, G Liu… - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
The auditory system is the most efficient and straightforward communication strategy for
connecting human beings and robots. Here, we designed a self-powered triboelectric …