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 …

Recent advances in mechanical vibration energy harvesters based on triboelectric nanogenerators

T Du, F Dong, Z **, M Zhu, Y Zou, P Sun, M Xu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of autonomous/smart technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT),
tremendous wireless sensor nodes (WSNs) are of great importance to realize intelligent …

A self‐powered and self‐sensing lower‐limb system for smart healthcare

L Kong, Z Fang, T Zhang, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the age of the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT), wearable devices have been
extensively developed for smart healthcare. This paper proposes a self‐powered and self …

Artificial intelligence-enabled caregiving walking stick powered by ultra-low-frequency human motion

X Guo, T He, Z Zhang, A Luo, F Wang, EJ Ng, Y Zhu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The increasing population of the elderly and motion-impaired people brings a huge
challenge to our social system. However, the walking stick as their essential tool has rarely …

A self-regulation strategy for triboelectric nanogenerator and self-powered wind-speed sensor

HX Zou, LC Zhao, Q Wang, QH Gao, G Yan, KX Wei… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Small wind harvesting can be integrated with sensors for self-powered environmental
ecological monitoring, climate monitoring, natural disaster monitoring and on-site …

Experimental investigation on performance improvement of cantilever piezoelectric energy harvesters via escapement mechanism from extremely Low-Frequency …

Q Zhang, Z Liu, X Jiang, Y Peng, C Zhu, Z Li - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we first design a frequency tuning device that enables the piezoelectric
cantilever to operate under extremely low-frequency (below 2 Hz) excitations. Our design is …

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 …

Capturing dissipation charge in charge space accumulation area for enhancing output performance of sliding triboelectric nanogenerator

W He, C Shan, H Wu, S Fu, Q Li, G Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The charge space‐accumulation effect is one of most effective strategies to boost output
performance of the sliding mode triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with AC output, by …

Triboelectric nanogenerators for self‐powered wound healing

X **ao, X **ao, A Nashalian, A Libanori… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing, one of the most complex processes in the human body, involves the spatial
and temporal synchronization of a variety of cell types with distinct roles. Slow or nonhealing …

Nature-inspired surface for simultaneously harvesting water and triboelectric energy from ambient humidity using polymer brush coatings

A Rajabi-Abhari, M Soltani, K Golovin, N Yan - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric water harvesting provides a promising, sustainable solution for alleviating the
ever-growing water and energy crisis. Here, inspired by the Namib desert beetle, a …