Issue 30, 2022

Fibrous triboelectric nanogenerators: fabrication, integration, and application

Abstract

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are a class of smart technology capable of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, showing promising features to function as mobile sustainable power sources and self-powered sensors. As a type of TENG with a one-dimensional structure, fibrous triboelectric nanogenerators (F-TENGs) are a class of smart wearable devices exhibiting outstanding tailorability as textiles to form textile-based TENGs (T-TENGs), which present the advantages of both TENGs and fabrics such as remarkable breathability and good non-planar surface adaptability. Therefore, designing and developing F-TENGs with optimized performances are considered a fundamental solution for the fabrication of T-TENGs. Herein, this work comprehensively introduces the recent progress in F-TENGs, including their fabrication techniques, the integration strategies of F-TENGs into smart textiles, and the application of F-TENGs as energy-harvesting devices or self-powered sensing systems. Finally, the challenges and perspectives regarding their performance improvement, large-scale production, and basic mechanism are proposed.

Graphical abstract: Fibrous triboelectric nanogenerators: fabrication, integration, and application

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
11 svi 2022
Accepted
01 srp 2022
First published
01 srp 2022

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 15881-15905

Fibrous triboelectric nanogenerators: fabrication, integration, and application

X. Cui, H. Wu and R. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 15881 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA03813G

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