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 …

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 …

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 …

Emerging triboelectric nanogenerators for ocean wave energy harvesting: state of the art and future perspectives

C Rodrigues, D Nunes, D Clemente… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a new energy harvester that converts small scale
mechanical motions into electrical energy by a combination of triboelectrification and …

Thermally driven transport and relaxation switching self‐powered electromagnetic energy conversion

M Cao, X Wang, W Cao, X Fang, B Wen, J Yuan - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic energy radiation is becoming a “health‐killer” of living bodies, especially
around industrial transformer substation and electricity pylon. Harvesting, converting, and …

Hybrid nanogenerators for ocean energy harvesting: mechanisms, designs, and applications

S Panda, S Hajra, Y Oh, W Oh, J Lee, H Shin… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean holds vast potential as a renewable energy source, but harnessing its power has
been challenging due to low‐frequency and high‐amplitude stimulation. However, hybrid …

Wood-cellulose-fiber-based functional materials for triboelectric nanogenerators

C Zhang, J Mo, Q Fu, Y Liu, S Wang, S Nie - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Applications and advantages of wood cellulose fiber in TENG are introduced by
analyzing their structural characteristics.•The structural design and performance optimization …

Flexible seaweed-like triboelectric nanogenerator as a wave energy harvester powering marine internet of things

Y Wang, X Liu, Y Wang, H Wang, H Wang, SL Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The marine internet of things (MIoT), an increasingly important foundation for ocean
development and protection, consists of a variety of marine distributed sensors under water …

Origami-inspired electret-based triboelectric generator for biomechanical and ocean wave energy harvesting

K Tao, H Yi, Y Yang, H Chang, J Wu, L Tang, Z Yang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the critical issues for the conventional TENGs for applications in biomechanical and
blue energy harvesting is to develop adaptive, simple-structured, high performance but low …

An underwater flag-like triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting ocean current energy under extremely low velocity condition

Y Wang, X Liu, T Chen, H Wang, C Zhu, H Yu, L Song… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean current energy harvester is a promising infrastructure to achieve self-powered marine
wireless sensing system. This study proposes and investigates an underwater flag-like …