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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Recent advances in triboelectric nanogenerators for marine exploitation

C Zhang, Y Hao, J Yang, W Su, H Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean, as one of the most important areas for human production and living, plays a vital
role in transportation, food production, and energy supply. However, it is greatly desired to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Enhancement of triboelectric charge density by chemical functionalization

Y Liu, J Mo, Q Fu, Y Lu, N Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) can convert energy in the surrounding environment to
electricity. Therefore, in recent years, research related to TENGs has significantly increased …

Toward the blue energy dream by triboelectric nanogenerator networks

ZL Wang, T Jiang, L Xu - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Widely distributed across the globe, water wave energy is one of the most promising
renewable energy sources, while little has been exploited due to various limitations of …

[HTML][HTML] Triboelectric nanogenerators: Fundamental physics and potential applications

L Zhou, D Liu, J Wang, ZL Wang - Friction, 2020 - Springer
Based on the conjunction of contact electrification and electrostatic induction, triboelectric
nanogenerators (TENGs) can harvest mechanical energy dispersed in our environment …

Robust swing‐structured triboelectric nanogenerator for efficient blue energy harvesting

T Jiang, H Pang, J An, P Lu, Y Feng… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean wave energy is a promising renewable energy source, but harvesting such
irregular,“random,” and mostly ultra‐low frequency energies is rather challenging due to …