Recent advances in triboelectric nanogenerators: from technological progress to commercial applications

D Choi, Y Lee, ZH Lin, S Cho, M Kim, CK Ao, S Soh… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serious climate changes and energy-related environmental problems are currently critical
issues in the world. In order to reduce carbon emissions and save our environment …

Engineering polymer interfaces: a review toward controlling triboelectric surface charge

A Šutka, L Lapčinskis, D He, H Kim… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Contact electrification and triboelectric charging are areas of intense research. Despite their
low ability to accept or donate electrons, polymer insulator based triboelectric …

Contact electrification at adhesive interface: boosting charge transfer for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators

K Shi, B Chai, H Zou, Z Wen, M He… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Charge transfer, a decisive feature for surface charge density in triboelectric nanogenerators
(TENGs), differs in quantity and species at different contact interfaces. Regarded as the main …

Smooth polymers charge negatively: Controlling contact electrification polarity in polymers

O Verners, L Lapčinskis, L Ģermane, A Kasikov… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Contact electrification is a powerful tool to harvest energy from mechanical motion. However,
current models of contact electrification at polymer| polymer interfaces only explain charge …

Tuning the Dielectric Constant and Surface Engineering of a BaTiO3/Porous PDMS Composite Film for Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Output Performance

D Tantraviwat, M Ngamyingyoud, W Sripumkhai… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, synergistic effects derived from surface engineering and dielectric property
tuning were exploited to enhance the output performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator …

Machine learning assisted hybrid transduction nanocomposite based flexible pressure sensor matrix for human gait analysis

NT Beigh, FT Beigh, D Mallick - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Human gait analysis strongly correlates with critical health metrics and provides significant
information about physiological well-being. Therefore, accurate, fast, and cost-effective gait …

Crystallization-induced shift in a triboelectric series and even polarity reversal for elastic triboelectric materials

Z Liu, S Li, S Lin, Y Shi, P Yang, X Chen, ZL Wang - Nano letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
A stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) can be a promising solution for the power
supply of various flexible electronics. However, the detailed electrification mechanism of …

Poly (dimethylsiloxane) for triboelectricity: From mechanisms to practical strategies

J Li, NA Shepelin, PC Sherrell, AV Ellis - Chemistry of Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The triboelectric effect (TE), simply described as the generation of electricity from tribology or
friction, has been known for over 1500 years. TE arises from charge transfer between …

Probing contact electrification: a cohesively sticky problem

PC Sherrell, A Sutka, NA Shepelin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Contact electrification and the triboelectric effect are complex processes for mechanical-to-
electrical energy conversion, particularly for highly deformable polymers. While generating …

Contact electrification at dielectric polymer interfaces: on bond scission, material transfer, and electron transfer

O Verners, L Lapčinskis, PC Sherrell… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are revolutionizing mechanical‐to‐electrical energy
harvesting. TENGs harvest energy through the polymer–polymer contact electrification …