Hydrovoltaic technology: from mechanism to applications

X Wang, F Lin, X Wang, S Fang, J Tan, W Chu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water is a colossal reservoir of clean energy as it adsorbs thirty-five percent of solar energy
reaching the Earth's surface. More than half of the adsorbed energy turns into latent heat for …

Water droplet‐based nanogenerators

MAM Hasan, T Zhang, H Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water is one of the most sustainable resources in the world, offering an abundance of hydro
energy. Getting a large amount of electricity through conventional water energy harvesting is …

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 …

An electrode‐grounded droplet‐based electricity generator (EG‐DEG) for liquid motion monitoring

L Yang, J Yu, Y Guo, S Chen, K Tan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a potential technology for harvesting water energy
and serving as self‐powered sensors. Among the innovative designs of TENG, a droplet …

A droplet‐based electricity generator with ultrahigh instantaneous output and short charging time

N Zhang, H Zhang, W Xu, H Gu, S Ye, H Zheng… - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The past several years have witnessed the rapid development in effectively transforming
randomly distributed water kinetic energy into electrical energy, especially triggered by the …

A New Single‐Electrode Generator for Water Droplet Energy Harvesting with A 3 mA Current Output

J Meng, L Zhang, H Liu, W Sun, W Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) based on water droplets can harvest water kinetic
energy using triboelectrification and electrostatic induction mechanisms. However, the …

A high‐performance bidirectional direct current TENG by triboelectrification of two dielectrics and local corona discharge

C Shan, W He, H Wu, S Fu, Q Tang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are regarded as a promising technology to convert
ambient low‐frequency mechanical energy into electricity for distributed power supply …

Nanofluid‐guided Janus membrane for high‐efficiency electricity generation from water evaporation

Y Han, Y Wang, M Wang, H Dong, Y Nie… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting electricity from widespread water evaporation provides an alternative route to
cleaner power generation technology. However, current evaporation power generation …

Capillary front broadening for water-evaporation-induced electricity of one kilovolt

W Deng, G Feng, L Li, X Wang, H Lu, X Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Water evaporation through nanoporous materials, such as carbon black films, can induce
electricity at the volt level, but how to boost the output remains a challenge. Herein, we …

Sparking potential over 1200 V by a falling water droplet

L Li, X Li, W Deng, C Shen, X Chen, H Sheng… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Hydrovoltaic technology has achieved notable breakthroughs in electric output via using the
moving boundary of electric double layer, but the output voltage induced by droplets is …