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 …

Multidiscipline applications of triboelectric nanogenerators for the intelligent era of internet of things

X Cao, Y **ong, J Sun, X **e, Q Sun, ZL Wang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
In the era of 5G and the Internet of things (IoTs), various human–computer interaction
systems based on the integration of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) and IoTs …

Ocean wave energy harvesting with high energy density and self-powered monitoring system

ZQ Lu, L Zhao, HL Fu, E Yeatman, H Ding… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Constructing a ocean Internet of Things requires an essential ocean environment monitoring
system. However, the widely distributed existing ocean monitoring sensors make it …

Manipulating relative permittivity for high-performance wearable triboelectric nanogenerators

L **, X **ao, W Deng, A Nashalian, D He… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the world marches into the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), the practice of human health
care is on the cusp of a revolution, driven by an unprecedented level of personalization …

Harvesting wind energy by a triboelectric nanogenerator for an intelligent high-speed train system

C Zhang, Y Liu, B Zhang, O Yang, W Yuan… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The operation cost of an intelligent high-speed train system is greatly increased by the
enormous energy demand of large-scale signal and sensor networks. However, the wind …

Making use of nanoenergy from human–Nanogenerator and self-powered sensor enabled sustainable wireless IoT sensory systems

M Zhu, Z Yi, B Yang, C Lee - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the human body is gradually digitized by various wearable and implantable
electronics. The establishment of a sustainable wireless internet of thing (IoT) sensory …

Triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator based self-powered flexible wireless sensing for food monitoring

W Meng, Y Yang, R Zhang, Z Wu, X **ao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing demand for food around the world, real-time monitoring is essential to
ensure the quality and safety of food. However, traditional monitoring techniques necessitate …

Cowpea-structured PVDF/ZnO nanofibers based flexible self-powered piezoelectric bending motion sensor towards remote control of gestures

W Deng, T Yang, L **, C Yan, H Huang, X Chu… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Interactive human-machine interface (iHMI) is a bridge connecting human beings and
robots, which has an important requirement for perceiving the change of pressure and …

Self-powered sensors and systems based on nanogenerators

Z Wu, T Cheng, ZL Wang - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sensor networks are essential for the development of the Internet of Things and the smart
city. A general sensor, especially a mobile sensor, has to be driven by a power unit. When …

Diversiform sensors and sensing systems driven by triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators

D Zhang, D Wang, Z Xu, X Zhang, Y Yang, J Guo… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diversiform sensors and sensing devices with high reliability and self-powered features are
critical in future wearable and flexible electronics of various fields. As a new energy …