From contact electrification to triboelectric nanogenerators

ZL Wang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Although the contact electrification (CE)(or usually called'triboelectrification') effect has been
known for over 2600 years, its scientific mechanism still remains debated after decades …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Superhydrophobic cellulosic triboelectric materials for distributed energy harvesting

C Zhang, W Zhang, G Du, Q Fu, J Mo, S Nie - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) has made it possible to collect
large-scale distributed energy, and their applications in the field of energy harvesting are …

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 …

[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 …

A review of energy extraction from wind and ocean: Technologies, merits, efficiencies, and cost

S Rehman, LM Alhems, MM Alam, L Wang, Z Toor - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable power sources have become indispensable in modern society. The most
promising renewable sources of energy are wind and ocean, which are widely distributed …

Progress in TENG technology—A journey from energy harvesting to nanoenergy and nanosystem

J Zhu, M Zhu, Q Shi, F Wen, L Liu, B Dong, A Haroun… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology is a promising research field for energy
harvesting and nanoenergy and nanosystem (NENS) in the aspect of mechanical, electrical …

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 …