Advancing Nanogenerators: The Role of 3D-Printed Nanocomposites in Energy Harvesting DOI Open Access

Riyamol Kallikkoden Razack,

Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

Polymers, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(10), P. 1367 - 1367

Published: May 16, 2025

Nanogenerators have garnered significant scholarly interest as a groundbreaking approach to energy harvesting, encompassing applications in self-sustaining electronics, biomedical devices, and environmental monitoring. The rise of additive manufacturing has fundamentally transformed the production processes nanocomposites, allowing for detailed design refinement materials aimed at optimizing generation. This review presents comprehensive analysis 3D-printed nanocomposites context nanogenerator applications. By employing layer-by-layer deposition, multi-material integration, custom microstructural architectures, exhibit improved mechanical properties, superior conversion efficiency, increased structural complexity when compared their conventionally manufactured counterparts. Polymers, particularly those with inherent dielectric, piezoelectric, or triboelectric characteristics, serve critical functional matrices these composites, offering flexibility, processability, compatibility diverse nanoparticles. In particular, careful regulation nanoparticle distribution 3D printing significantly enhances piezoelectric functionalities, resulting higher output greater consistency. Recent investigations into three-dimensional-printed nanogenerators reveal extraordinary outputs, peak voltages much 120 V BaTiO3-PVDF densities surpassing 3.5 mJ/cm2, effective d33 values attaining 35 pC/N, thereby emphasizing transformative influence on performance harvesting. Furthermore, scalability cost-effectiveness provide substantial benefits by reducing material waste streamlining multi-phase processing. Nonetheless, despite advantages, challenges such resilience, long-term durability, fine-tuning parameters remain hurdles widespread adoption. assessment highlights potential advancing technology offers valuable insights future research directions developing high-efficiency, sustainable, scalable energy-harvesting systems.

Language: Английский

A Multifunctional Platform for the Production and Customization of Polymer-based Microneedle Devices DOI Creative Commons
Andrea Bocchino,

Carlota Marquez-Grana,

Om Prakash Singh

et al.

Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 116491 - 116491

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Autonomous Bioelectronic Devices Based on Silk Fibroin DOI Open Access
Yanling Wang, Xue Feng, Xiaodong Chen

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 23, 2025

Abstract The development of autonomous bioelectronic devices capable dynamically adapting to changing biological environments represents a significant advancement in healthcare and wearable technologies. Such systems draw inspiration from the precision, adaptability, self‐regulation processes, requiring materials with intrinsic versatility seamless bio‐integration ensure biocompatibility functionality over time. Silk fibroin (SF) derived Bombyx mori cocoons, has emerged as an ideal biomaterial unique combination biocompatibility, mechanical flexibility, tunable biodegradability. Adding features into SF, including self‐healing, shape‐morphing, controllable degradation, enables dynamic interactions living tissues while minimizing immune responses mismatches. Additionally, structural tunability environmental sustainability SF further reinforce its potential platform for adaptive implants, epidermal electronics, intelligent textiles. This review explores recent progress understanding structure–property relationships modification strategies, great integration advanced addressing challenges related scalability, reproducibility, multifunctionality. Future opportunities, such AI‐assisted material design, scalable fabrication techniques, incorporation wireless personalized technologies, are also discussed, positioning key bridging gap between artificial

Language: Английский

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1
Silk-based intelligent fibers and textiles: Structures, properties, and applications DOI

Xiao-Chun Yang,

Xiaoxue Wang, Chenyu Wang

et al.

Chemical Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This review summarizes the hierarchical structure and multifaceted properties of natural silk fibers, provides an in-depth analysis their extensive applications in realms biomedicine advanced smart fiber technology.

Language: Английский

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5
Native proteins for triboelectric nanogenerators DOI

Yuxuan Huang,

Haiyan Zheng, Jianquan Zhang

et al.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

The types, morphologies, applications and prospects of NP-TENGs were comprehensively timely introduced analyzed.

Language: Английский

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0
Advances in Triboelectric Energy Harvesting at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces DOI

Kaliyannan Manojkumar,

Mukilan Muthuramalingam,

Dhara Sateesh

et al.

ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

The rapid development of energy harvesting devices, driven by the need for sustainable energy, has led to innovative solutions in nanotechnology. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) stand out their ability convert mechanical from various environmental sources into electrical power. This review delves recent advancements TENGs, particularly those focusing on liquid–liquid interfaces. Liquid–liquid charge exchange (L-LCE) an emerging innovation, offer several advantages over traditional solid-based including enhanced adaptability and efficiency under variable conditions. triboelectric effect electrostatic induction, essential enable familiar sources, such as human motion, wind, ocean waves, vibrations. explores transfer mechanisms between immiscible liquids, deionized water transformer oil, electric double layer (EDL) formation at interface. Factors ion concentration chemical composition influencing EDL are analyzed. interactions allow higher surface densities a superior efficiency. makes L-LCE TENGs promising small-scale applications wearable electronics medical devices well large-scale systems. potential remote, off-grid environments is also discussed, where power may not be viable. covers current mechanisms, applications, future highlighting transformative role technologies.

Language: Английский

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0
Silk Protein-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing DOI
Bo Shang, Chenyu Wang, Xiaoxue Wang

et al.

Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 116449 - 116449

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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0
Multifunctional applications of silk fibroin in biomedical engineering: A comprehensive review on innovations and impact DOI
Yunan Lin, Lifen Zhao, Hairong Jin

et al.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 309, P. 143067 - 143067

Published: April 11, 2025

Language: Английский

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0
A composite bacterial cellulose for enhanced-performance triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators DOI
Sk Shamim Hasan Abir,

C. W. Smith,

Jared Zornitzer

et al.

Nano Energy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 111123 - 111123

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Advancing Nanogenerators: The Role of 3D-Printed Nanocomposites in Energy Harvesting DOI Open Access

Riyamol Kallikkoden Razack,

Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

Polymers, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(10), P. 1367 - 1367

Published: May 16, 2025

Nanogenerators have garnered significant scholarly interest as a groundbreaking approach to energy harvesting, encompassing applications in self-sustaining electronics, biomedical devices, and environmental monitoring. The rise of additive manufacturing has fundamentally transformed the production processes nanocomposites, allowing for detailed design refinement materials aimed at optimizing generation. This review presents comprehensive analysis 3D-printed nanocomposites context nanogenerator applications. By employing layer-by-layer deposition, multi-material integration, custom microstructural architectures, exhibit improved mechanical properties, superior conversion efficiency, increased structural complexity when compared their conventionally manufactured counterparts. Polymers, particularly those with inherent dielectric, piezoelectric, or triboelectric characteristics, serve critical functional matrices these composites, offering flexibility, processability, compatibility diverse nanoparticles. In particular, careful regulation nanoparticle distribution 3D printing significantly enhances piezoelectric functionalities, resulting higher output greater consistency. Recent investigations into three-dimensional-printed nanogenerators reveal extraordinary outputs, peak voltages much 120 V BaTiO3-PVDF densities surpassing 3.5 mJ/cm2, effective d33 values attaining 35 pC/N, thereby emphasizing transformative influence on performance harvesting. Furthermore, scalability cost-effectiveness provide substantial benefits by reducing material waste streamlining multi-phase processing. Nonetheless, despite advantages, challenges such resilience, long-term durability, fine-tuning parameters remain hurdles widespread adoption. assessment highlights potential advancing technology offers valuable insights future research directions developing high-efficiency, sustainable, scalable energy-harvesting systems.

Language: Английский

Citations

0