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 …

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 …

All-weather droplet-based triboelectric nanogenerator for wave energy harvesting

X Wei, Z Zhao, C Zhang, W Yuan, Z Wu, J Wang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The liquid–solid triboelectric nanogenerator (LS-TENG) has been demonstrated to harvest
energy efficiently through the contact electrification effect between liquid and solid …

Materials beyond conventional triboelectric series for fabrication and applications of triboelectric nanogenerators

G Khandelwal, NP Maria Joseph Raj… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) were first developed in 2012, and have become the
desirable choice as energy harvesters in the research community worldwide. The popularity …

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 …

Probing contact‐electrification‐induced electron and ion transfers at a liquid–solid interface

J Nie, Z Ren, L Xu, S Lin, F Zhan, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a well‐known phenomenon, contact electrification (CE) has been studied for decades.
Although recent studies have proven that CE between two solids is primarily due to electron …

Super‐durable, low‐wear, and high‐performance fur‐brush triboelectric nanogenerator for wind and water energy harvesting for smart agriculture

P Chen, J An, S Shu, R Cheng, J Nie… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), as a promising energy harvesting technology,
provides a new approach for the realization of the Internet of Things (IoTs). However …

Achieving a large driving force on triboelectric nanogenerator by wave‐driven linkage mechanism for harvesting blue energy toward marine environment monitoring

J Han, Y Liu, Y Feng, T Jiang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water wave energy is regarded to be a promising renewable energy source to relieve the
pressure of fossil energy shortage and achieve a sustainable future. A cylindrical wave …

Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric Nanogenerators

A Chen, C Zhang, G Zhu, ZL Wang - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging branch of energy conversion technologies, the triboelectric nanogenerator
(TENG) pioneers a brand‐new path to effectively harness varieties of mechanical energies …

Robust swing‐structured triboelectric nanogenerator for efficient blue energy harvesting

T Jiang, H Pang, J An, P Lu, Y Feng… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean wave energy is a promising renewable energy source, but harvesting such
irregular,“random,” and mostly ultra‐low frequency energies is rather challenging due to …