Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators

As an emerging branch of energy conversion technologies, the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) pioneers a brand‐new path to effectively harness varieties of mechanical energies for the purpose of powering and/or sensing. Since its invention in 2012, the TENG has experienced a booming and revolution...

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Main Authors: Chen, Aihua, Zhang, Chen, Zhu, Guang, Wang, Zhong Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/
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author Chen, Aihua
Zhang, Chen
Zhu, Guang
Wang, Zhong Lin
author_facet Chen, Aihua
Zhang, Chen
Zhu, Guang
Wang, Zhong Lin
author_sort Chen, Aihua
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description As an emerging branch of energy conversion technologies, the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) pioneers a brand‐new path to effectively harness varieties of mechanical energies for the purpose of powering and/or sensing. Since its invention in 2012, the TENG has experienced a booming and revolutionary development in every respect, ranging from materials synthesis and modification, architecture design to performance optimization, power management, and application exploration. In comparison to the organic solar cell and organic light‐emitting diodes, TENG is a unique technique that opens the venue of using polymer materials (PMs) for harvesting mechanical energy. So far, by virtue of superior charge transfer and capturing capabilities during friction, various kinds of PMs have been developed and used as triboelectric materials in order to achieve high‐performance TENGs. Here, this work focuses on the utilization and development of PMs for the TENGs technology and first gives a summary of main PMs that are frequently adopted in currently reported energy‐harvesting TENGs. Second, several kinds of PMs used lately in a few novel TENGs for special or specific energy‐harvesting circumstances are introduced and highlighted. Finally, the perspectives on and challenges in developing high‐performance PMs toward TENGs technology are conceived and expected to be instructive to future research.
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spelling nottingham-610882020-07-15T06:04:35Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/ Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators Chen, Aihua Zhang, Chen Zhu, Guang Wang, Zhong Lin As an emerging branch of energy conversion technologies, the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) pioneers a brand‐new path to effectively harness varieties of mechanical energies for the purpose of powering and/or sensing. Since its invention in 2012, the TENG has experienced a booming and revolutionary development in every respect, ranging from materials synthesis and modification, architecture design to performance optimization, power management, and application exploration. In comparison to the organic solar cell and organic light‐emitting diodes, TENG is a unique technique that opens the venue of using polymer materials (PMs) for harvesting mechanical energy. So far, by virtue of superior charge transfer and capturing capabilities during friction, various kinds of PMs have been developed and used as triboelectric materials in order to achieve high‐performance TENGs. Here, this work focuses on the utilization and development of PMs for the TENGs technology and first gives a summary of main PMs that are frequently adopted in currently reported energy‐harvesting TENGs. Second, several kinds of PMs used lately in a few novel TENGs for special or specific energy‐harvesting circumstances are introduced and highlighted. Finally, the perspectives on and challenges in developing high‐performance PMs toward TENGs technology are conceived and expected to be instructive to future research. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-06-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/1/Polymer%20Materials%20for%20High-Performance%20Triboelectric%20Nanogenerators.pdf Chen, Aihua, Zhang, Chen, Zhu, Guang and Wang, Zhong Lin (2020) Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators. Advanced Science . p. 2000186. ISSN 2198-3844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202000186 doi:10.1002/advs.202000186 doi:10.1002/advs.202000186
spellingShingle Chen, Aihua
Zhang, Chen
Zhu, Guang
Wang, Zhong Lin
Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title_full Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title_fullStr Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title_full_unstemmed Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title_short Polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
title_sort polymer materials for high‐performance triboelectric nanogenerators
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61088/