Membranes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(12), P. 271 - 271
Published: Dec. 16, 2024
Triboelectric
nanogenerators
(TENGs)
have
garnered
significant
attention
due
to
their
high
energy
conversion
efficiency
and
extensive
application
potential
in
harvesting
self-powered
devices.
Recent
advancements
electrospun
nanofibers,
attributed
outstanding
mechanical
properties
tailored
surface
characteristics,
meant
that
they
can
be
used
as
a
critical
material
for
enhancing
TENGs
performance.
This
review
provides
comprehensive
overview
of
the
developments
nanofiber-based
TENGs.
It
begins
with
an
exploration
fundamental
principles
behind
electrospinning
triboelectricity,
followed
by
detailed
examination
performance
various
polymer
materials,
including
poly
(vinylidene
fluoride)
(PVDF),
polyamide
(PA),
thermoplastic
polyurethane
(TPU),
polyacrylonitrile
(PAN),
other
polymers.
Furthermore,
this
analyzes
influence
diverse
structural
designs—such
fiber
architectures,
bionic
configurations,
multilayer
structures—on
Applications
across
devices,
environmental
harvesting,
wearable
technologies
are
discussed.
The
concludes
highlighting
current
challenges
outlining
future
research
directions,
offering
valuable
insights
researchers
engineers
field.
Small,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 30, 2024
Triboelectric
nanogenerators
(TENGs)
are
sustainable
energy
resources
for
powering
electronic
devices
from
miniature
to
large-scale
applications.
However,
their
output
performance
and
stability
can
deteriorate
significantly
when
TENGs
exposed
moisture
or
humidity
caused
by
the
ambient
environment
human
physiological
activities.
This
review
provides
an
overview
of
recent
research
advancements
in
enhancing
resistance
TENGs.
Various
approaches
have
been
reviewed
including
encapsulation
techniques,
surface
modification
triboelectric
materials
augment
hydrophobicity
superhydrophobicity,
creation
fibrous
architectures
effective
dissipation,
leveraging
water
assistance
TENG
enhancement,
other
strategies
like
charge
excitation.
These
efforts
contribute
improvement
environmental
adaptability
lead
expanded
practical
applications
both
as
harvesters
self-powered
sensors.
The
efficacy
these
future
challenges
also
discussed
facilitate
continued
development
resilient
high
environments.
SusMat,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 22, 2024
Abstract
Benefiting
from
the
high
sensitivity
and
electromechanical
conversion
efficiency,
triboelectric
nanogenerators
(TENGs)
are
widely
used
in
various
fields
of
self‐powered
sensing
mechanical
energy
harvesting,
which
have
great
potential
for
application
future
smart
Internet
Things.
The
development
sustainable
materials
with
high‐performance
has
a
vital
impact
on
construction
TENG
devices
that
combine
high‐output
performance
environmental
friendliness,
positive
humanity.
This
review
systematically
comprehensively
summarizes
latest
research
work
TENG's
materials.
First,
an
overall
overview
is
provided
based
composition
materials,
including
amino
acids,
polysaccharides,
synthetic
polymer,
representative
works
further
classified
summarized
detail.
In
addition,
progress
harvesting
applications
also
summarized.
Finally,
overviews
challenges
current
material,
related
outlooks
offered
corresponding
strategies
directions
this
field
future.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(43), P. 58029 - 58059
Published: Oct. 16, 2024
Nowadays,
the
liquid–solid
triboelectric
nanogenerator
(L-S
TENG)
has
gained
much
attention
among
researchers
because
of
its
ability
to
be
a
part
self-powering
technology
by
harvesting
ultra-low-frequency
vibration
in
environment.
The
L-S
TENG
works
with
principle
contact
electrification
(CE)
and
electrostatic
induction,
which
CE
takes
place
between
solid
liquid.
exact
mechanism
behind
at
interface
is
still
debatable
topic
many
physical
parameters
both
liquid
layers
contribute
this
process.
In
device,
water
or
solvents
are
commonly
used
as
layers,
for
their
wettability
over
layer
plays
significant
role.
Hence,
review
extensively
focused
on
influence
surfaces
corresponding
impact
output
performance
TENGs.
present
starts
introducing
TENG,
that
contributes
interface,
significance
hydrophobic
materials/surfaces
devices,
fabrication
methods.
Further,
angle
electron/ion
transfer
various
been
analyzed.
Finally,
challenges
future
prospects
utilization
superhydrophobic
context
TENGs
have
included.
This
serves
foundation
research
aimed
optimizing
inspiring
new
approaches
material
design
multifunctional
energy-harvesting
systems.
