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 …

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 …

Self-powered recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries via triboelectric nanogenerator

B Zhang, L He, J Wang, Y Liu, X Xue, S He… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFPs), which represent more than 32% of
the worldwide lithium-ion battery (LIB) market share, has raised attention owing to the …

Self-powered seawater electrolysis based on a triboelectric nanogenerator for hydrogen production

B Zhang, C Zhang, O Yang, W Yuan, Y Liu, L He… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water splitting for yielding high-purity hydrogen represents the ultimate choice to reduce
carbon dioxide emission owing to the superior energy density and zero-pollution emission …

Improving wastewater treatment by triboelectric-photo/electric coupling effect

F Dong, Z Pang, S Yang, Q Lin, S Song, C Li, X Ma… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ability to meet higher effluent quality requirements and the reduction of energy
consumption are the biggest challenges in wastewater treatment worldwide. A large …

Triboelectric nanogenerators driven self‐powered electrochemical processes for energy and environmental science

X Cao, Y Jie, N Wang, ZL Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the discovery of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) by Wang's group in January
2012, various breakthroughs have been achieved in the fundamental mechanisms of TENG …

Integrated triboelectric nanogenerators in the era of the internet of things

A Ahmed, I Hassan, MF El‐Kady, A Radhi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since their debut in 2012, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have attained high
performance in terms of both energy density and instantaneous conversion, reaching up to …

Improved capture and removal efficiency of gaseous acetaldehyde by a self-powered photocatalytic system with an external electric field

Q Fu, Y Liu, J Mo, Y Lu, C Cai, Z Zhao, S Wang, S Nie - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Using clean and sustainable stochastic energy from the environment to eliminate pollution
caused by gaseous aldehydes would be an effective strategy to achieve the sustainable …

Humidity‐Resistant Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on a Swelling‐Resistant and Antiwear PAN/PVA‐CaCl2 Composite Film for Seawater Desalination

D Yang, L Zhang, N Wang, T Yu, W Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric moisture accelerates the triboelectric charge transport and dissipation in the
triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). However, the output of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)‐based …

Mg/seawater batteries driven self-powered direct seawater electrolysis systems for hydrogen production

Y Xu, H Lv, H Lu, Q Quan, W Li, X Cui, G Liu, L Jiang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Direct seawater electrolysis to sustainable production of hydrogen fuel is attractive, given the
abundant seawater resource on Earth. Nevertheless, current seawater electrolysis systems …