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 …

Triboelectric nanogenerators

T Cheng, J Shao, ZL Wang - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2023 - nature.com
By combining the effects of contact electrification and electrostatic induction, triboelectric
nanogenerators (TENGs) can effectively convert mechanical energy into electric power or …

Triboelectric nanogenerator enabled wearable sensors and electronics for sustainable internet of things integrated green earth

Y Yang, X Guo, M Zhu, Z Sun, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of the Internet of Things/5G infrastructure requires a low‐cost ubiquitous
sensory network to realize an autonomous system for information collection and processing …

Flexible self-charging power sources

R Liu, ZL Wang, K Fukuda, T Someya - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

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 …

Triboelectric nanogenerator: Structure, mechanism, and applications

WG Kim, DW Kim, IW Tcho, JK Kim, MS Kim, YK Choi - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of sensors utilized for
the IoT is expected to exceed 200 billion by 2025. Thus, sustainable energy supplies without …

Pursuing the tribovoltaic effect for direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators

C Xu, J Yu, Z Huo, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of fossil energy and global climate change have driven humankind to find a
new type of renewable, accessible, and clean energy. The triboelectric nanogenerator …