Triboelectric Energy Harvesters
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2022) | Viewed by 9636
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy harvesting; energy storage sensors; plasma processing; bio-sensors; energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are the foremost contenders for enabling self-powered applications, utilising contact electrification and Maxwell’s displacement current law as the basis for energy harvesting. The conversion of low-frequency, low-impact ubiquitous mechanical energy to electrical output at high efficiencies in a simple design has driven varied and exciting research approaches leading to high power densities, currently of the order of hundreds of Watts per square metre. Consequently, we are currently witnessing varied and exciting research approaches for developing still higher power density and efficient TENGs. Applications range from environmental to point-of-care health diagnostics and body-worn energy harvesters, and encompass self-powered structural sensors to stand-alone devices for monitoring key parameters. Thin, flexible TENGs have been realized using paper and other low-cost commodity polymer materials to further expand the applications of these devices.
In this Special Issue of Micromachines, we invite authors to submit original communications, articles, and review papers which cover the breadth of research, development, and applications of TENGs. Collectively the Issue will seek to address fundamental, technological and application aspects to facilitate the next stage of development of TENG technology.
Dr. Navneet Soin
Dr. Suzanne Smith
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)
- flexible TENGs
- applications of TENGs
