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 …

A review of single electrode triboelectric nanogenerators

W Akram, Q Chen, G Xia, J Fang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) play a prominent role in steadily developing the
Internet of Things (IoT) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (fusion of progression in IoT …

Advances in electrospun nanofibers for triboelectric nanogenerators

Y Li, S Xiao, Y Luo, S Tian, J Tang, X Zhang, J Xiong - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber demonstrates advantages in permeability, surface wettability,
mechanical figurability and function integrability, capable of catering to the multi-scenario …

Rational design of cellulosic triboelectric materials for self-powered wearable electronics

X Meng, C Cai, B Luo, T Liu, Y Shao, S Wang, S Nie - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things and flexible electronic technologies,
there is a growing demand for wireless, sustainable, multifunctional, and independently …

3D printed triboelectric nanogenerator as self-powered human-machine interactive sensor for breathing-based language expression

P Zhu, B Zhang, H Wang, Y Wu, H Cao, L He, C Li… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are important windows for a human to communicate with
the outside world. The current HMI devices such as cellphones, tablets, and computers can …

Spherical triboelectric nanogenerator integrated with power management module for harvesting multidirectional water wave energy

X Liang, T Jiang, G Liu, Y Feng, C Zhang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the increasing deterioration of the natural environment, exploiting clean and renewable
energy has become the top priority of scientific research today. One of the most prospective …

Self-powered environmental monitoring via a triboelectric nanogenerator

A Chang, C Uy, X Xiao, J Chen - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
With air pollution increasing around 75% in the past 30 years, 80% of the globe's wasted
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …

Recent advances on porous materials and structures for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators

MM Rastegardoost, OA Tafreshi, Z Saadatnia… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), a variety of dielectric and
electrode materials have been developed to improve the TENGs output performance …

Flexible single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerators with MXene/PDMS composite film for biomechanical motion sensors

W He, M Sohn, R Ma, DJ Kang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing demand of portable electronics requires modern power sources to be
flexible, wearable, durable, and waterproof. This work reports a flexible single-electrode …

A high-performance flexible triboelectric nanogenerator based on cellulose acetate nanofibers and micropatterned PDMS films as mechanical energy harvester and …

H Varghese, HMA Hakkeem, K Chauhan, E Thouti… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators are emerging mechanical energy harvesting devices in the era
of the Internet of Things (IoT) for powering small-scale electronic devices or functioning as …