Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …

Recent advancements for improving the performance of triboelectric nanogenerator devices

SA Lone, KC Lim, K Kaswan, S Chatterjee, KP Fan… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) based energy harvesting is considered as a highly
efficient approach for mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion based on contact …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric Nanogenerators

A Chen, C Zhang, G Zhu, ZL Wang - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging branch of energy conversion technologies, the triboelectric nanogenerator
(TENG) pioneers a brand‐new path to effectively harness varieties of mechanical energies …

Wearable and implantable triboelectric nanogenerators

Z Liu, H Li, B Shi, Y Fan, ZL Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are a promising technology to convert mechanical
energy to electrical energy based on coupled triboelectrification and electrostatic induction …

Reviving vibration energy harvesting and self-powered sensing by a triboelectric nanogenerator

J Chen, ZL Wang - Joule, 2017 - cell.com
Vibration energy harvesting and sensing is a traditional and growing research field in which
various working mechanisms and designs have been developed for an improved …

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 …

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 …