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 …

Fabrication of advanced cellulosic triboelectric materials via dielectric modulation

G Du, J Wang, Y Liu, J Yuan, T Liu, C Cai… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid rise of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), which are emerging energy
conversion devices in advanced electronics and wearable sensing systems, has elevated …

Recent progress of triboelectric nanogenerators: From fundamental theory to practical applications

J Luo, ZL Wang - EcoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For the development of the internet of things (IoTs), big data, and artificial intelligence,
widely distributed sensing network is the most essential element, which has to be driven by …

Energy conversion analysis of multilayered triboelectric nanogenerators for synergistic rain and solar energy harvesting

Y Zheng, T Liu, J Wu, T Xu, X Wang, X Han… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is an emerging technology that offers excellent
potential for the conversion of mechanical energy from rain into electricity for hybrid energy …

Triboelectric nanogenerator‐based sensor systems for chemical or biological detection

Q Zhou, J Pan, S Deng, F Xia, T Kim - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid advances in the Internet of things and wearable devices have created a massive
platform for sensor systems that detect chemical or biological agents. The accelerated …

Solar‐driven interfacial evaporation and self‐powered water wave detection based on an all‐cellulose monolithic design

N Li, L Qiao, J He, S Wang, L Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial evaporation is an emerging technology with a strong potential for
applications in water distillation and desalination. However, the high‐cost, complex …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based sustainable energy generation technologies: a mini-review

R Walden, C Kumar, DM Mulvihill, SC Pillai - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Almost ten years after the publication of the first triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) paper in
2012, this review gives a brief overview of recent technological advances in applying TENG …

Multi‐mode water‐tube‐based triboelectric nanogenerator designed for low‐frequency energy harvesting with ultrahigh volumetric charge density

H Wu, Z Wang, Y Zi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vast renewable energies are contained in mechanical motions in nature such as ocean
waves. However, it is challenging to effectively harness these energy sources due to their …

Smart textile triboelectric nanogenerators: Current status and perspectives

K Dong, Y Hu, J Yang, SW Kim, W Hu, ZL Wang - MRS Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Textile triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a kind of smart textile technology that
integrates traditional flexible and wearable textile materials with emerging and advanced …