Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy
The water covering the Earth’s surface not only supports life but also contains a tremendous amount of energy. Water energy is the most important and widely used renewable energy source in the environment, and the ability to extract the mechanical energy of water is of particular interest since movi...
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| description | The water covering the Earth’s surface not only supports life but also contains a tremendous amount of energy. Water energy is the most important and widely used renewable energy source in the environment, and the ability to extract the mechanical energy of water is of particular interest since moving water is ubiquitous and abundant, from flowing rivers to falling rain drops. In recent years, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been promising for applications in harvesting kinetic energy from water due to their merits of low cost, light weight, simple structure, and abundant choice of materials. Furthermore, TENGs can also be utilized as self-powered active sensors for monitoring water environments, which relies on the output signals of the TENGs caused by the movement and composition of water. Here, TENGs targeting the harvest of different water energy sources have been systematically summarized and analyzed. The TENGs for harvesting different forms of water energy are introduced and divided on the basis of their basic working principles and modes, i.e., in the cases of solid–solid and solid–liquid. A detailed review of recent important progress in TENG-based water energy harvesting is presented. At last, based on recent progresses, the existing challenges and future prospects for TENG-based water energy harvesting are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e6d0e609a824401ba062d1aa537b8dc2023-12-03T14:07:48ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2022-07-01138121910.3390/mi13081219Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic EnergyXiaojing Cui0Cecilia Yu1Zhaosu Wang2Dong Wan3Hulin Zhang4College of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, ChinaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USACollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaCollege of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaThe water covering the Earth’s surface not only supports life but also contains a tremendous amount of energy. Water energy is the most important and widely used renewable energy source in the environment, and the ability to extract the mechanical energy of water is of particular interest since moving water is ubiquitous and abundant, from flowing rivers to falling rain drops. In recent years, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been promising for applications in harvesting kinetic energy from water due to their merits of low cost, light weight, simple structure, and abundant choice of materials. Furthermore, TENGs can also be utilized as self-powered active sensors for monitoring water environments, which relies on the output signals of the TENGs caused by the movement and composition of water. Here, TENGs targeting the harvest of different water energy sources have been systematically summarized and analyzed. The TENGs for harvesting different forms of water energy are introduced and divided on the basis of their basic working principles and modes, i.e., in the cases of solid–solid and solid–liquid. A detailed review of recent important progress in TENG-based water energy harvesting is presented. At last, based on recent progresses, the existing challenges and future prospects for TENG-based water energy harvesting are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/8/1219triboelectric nanogeneratorswater kinetic energyself-powered sensorsmonitoring water environments |
| spellingShingle | Xiaojing Cui Cecilia Yu Zhaosu Wang Dong Wan Hulin Zhang Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy Micromachines triboelectric nanogenerators water kinetic energy self-powered sensors monitoring water environments |
| title | Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy |
| title_full | Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy |
| title_fullStr | Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy |
| title_short | Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Diverse Water Kinetic Energy |
| title_sort | triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting diverse water kinetic energy |
| topic | triboelectric nanogenerators water kinetic energy self-powered sensors monitoring water environments |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/8/1219 |
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