Triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are promising electric energy harvesting devices as they can produce renewable clean energy using mechanical excitations from the environment.Several designs of triboelectric energy ...Triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are promising electric energy harvesting devices as they can produce renewable clean energy using mechanical excitations from the environment.Several designs of triboelectric energy harvesters relying on biocompatible and eco-friendly natural materials have been introduced in recent years.Their ability to provide customizable self-powering for a wide range of applications,including biomedical devices,pressure and chemical sensors,and battery charging appliances,has been demonstrated.This review summarizes major advances already achieved in the field of triboelectric energy harvesting using biocompatible and eco-friendly natural materials.A rigorous,comparative,and critical analysis of preparation and testing methods is also presented.Electric power up to 14 mW was already achieved for the dry leaf/polyvinylidene fluoride-based TENG devices.These findings highlight the potential of eco-friendly self-powering systems and demonstrate the unique properties of the plants to generate electric energy for multiple applications.展开更多
基金project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials,refs. UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC.S.K.and A.K.were partly supported by FCT (Portugal) through the project "BioPiezo"-PTDC/ CTM-CTM/31679/2017(CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-031679)+3 种基金supported by FCT,through the grant reference SFRH/BPD/117475/2016partly supported by FCT through the project "SelfMED" (POCI-01-0145FEDER-031132)funded by national funds (OE),through FCT-Fundagao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia,I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5,and 6 of the article 23,of the Decree-Law 57/2016,of August 29,changed by Law 57/2017,of July 19.supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of the Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST 《MISiS》 (No.K2-2019-015)
文摘Triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are promising electric energy harvesting devices as they can produce renewable clean energy using mechanical excitations from the environment.Several designs of triboelectric energy harvesters relying on biocompatible and eco-friendly natural materials have been introduced in recent years.Their ability to provide customizable self-powering for a wide range of applications,including biomedical devices,pressure and chemical sensors,and battery charging appliances,has been demonstrated.This review summarizes major advances already achieved in the field of triboelectric energy harvesting using biocompatible and eco-friendly natural materials.A rigorous,comparative,and critical analysis of preparation and testing methods is also presented.Electric power up to 14 mW was already achieved for the dry leaf/polyvinylidene fluoride-based TENG devices.These findings highlight the potential of eco-friendly self-powering systems and demonstrate the unique properties of the plants to generate electric energy for multiple applications.
