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 …

Self-powered sensing in wearable electronics─ a paradigm shift technology

W Tang, Q Sun, ZL Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advancements in materials science and micro/nanoengineering, the field of
wearable electronics has experienced a rapid growth and significantly impacted and …

Human body IoT systems based on the triboelectrification effect: energy harvesting, sensing, interfacing and communication

Q Zhang, C **n, F Shen, Y Gong, YL Zi… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the internet of things (IoT) has been progressing rapidly with the integration
of technologies in various fields. At this stage, triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) …

Conversion of dielectric surface effect into volume effect for high output energy

S Fu, H Wu, W He, Q Li, C Shan, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the output energy and durability of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) remains
a considerable challenge for their practical applications. Owing to the interface effect of …

Advances in graphene-based electrode for triboelectric nanogenerator

B **e, Y Guo, Y Chen, H Zhang, J **ao, M Hou, H Liu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2025 - Springer
With the continuous development of wearable electronics, wireless sensor networks and
other micro-electronic devices, there is an increasingly urgent need for miniature, flexible …

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 …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

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 …

High performance floating self-excited sliding triboelectric nanogenerator for micro mechanical energy harvesting

L Long, W Liu, Z Wang, W He, G Li, Q Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Non-contact triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) enabled for both high conversion efficiency
and durability is appropriate to harvest random micro energy owing to the advantage of low …

Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …