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 …

Nanogenerators for smart cities in the era of 5G and Internet of Things

X Zhao, H Askari, J Chen - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Summary 5G has taken off at a brisk speed over the years, bringing significant benefits to the
Internet of Things (IoT) devices and wireless sensor nodes. The launching of 5G technology …

Acoustic-electric conversion and triboelectric properties of nature-driven CF-CNT based triboelectric nanogenerator for mechanical and sound energy harvesting

GM Rani, CM Wu, KG Motora, R Umapathi, CRM Jose - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, the world is facing severe environmental challenges such as water pollution,
rising temperatures beyond the tolerable range, and air pollution. Moreover, improper waste …

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 …

Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing

H Fu, X Mei, D Yurchenko, S Zhou, S Theodossiades… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure
on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro …

Leveraging triboelectric nanogenerators for bioengineering

S Zhang, M Bick, X Xiao, G Chen, A Nashalian, J Chen - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are able to convert low-frequency biomechanical
motions into characteristically high-voltage and low-current electrical signals via a coupling …

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 …

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 …

Activating MoS2 Nanoflakes via Sulfur Defect Engineering Wrapped on CNTs for Stable and Efficient Li‐O2 Batteries

D Li, L Zhao, Q Xia, J Wang, X Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient cathode catalysts can largely promote the application of Li‐O2 batteries
(LOBs). In this work, the core‐shell MoS2− x@ CNTs composite is synthesized via a …