Recent Advances in Triboelectric Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 5057
Special Issue Editor
2. IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, Spain
Interests: novel materials; additive manufacturing; sensors; 3D printing; aerospace; scaffolds; flexible electronics
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanogenerators, a kind of new device which can harvest energies from ambient mechanical movements and convert them into electricity, have been a promising technology to build and drive self-powered nanodevices or nanosystems.
The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), as a newly emerging technique firstly reported by the Wang group in 2012, shows greater potential in the field of mechanical energy harvesting due to its inherent advantages of low cost, easy large-scale fabrication, abundant materials selectivity, high conversion efficiency (nearly 85%) and power density (up to 500 W/m2). Further, TENGs are extremely sensitive to external mechanical excitation, for they can work well both at low and high force or frequency . Thus, TENGs are a feasible part of diverse intelligent electronics.
Very recently, triboelectric sensors (TES) have attracted much research interest as a simple, sustainable, and cost-efficient technology that can be used to develop self-powered sensors for pressures, vibrations, accelerations, velocities, magnetic fields, gases, object motions, and surface topographies.
In this issue of Sensors, we will focus on TENGs, either on their fundamentals or on their applications, from mechanical to electrical, electronics, and to the ones employed in hazardous environments such as in fire, humidity, high pressure, etc. This technology will have a deep impact as soon as it is commercialized and will be used for health protection and monitoring, including in hospitals in certain cases.
Prof. Dr. Jose Sanchez del Río Sáez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG)
- electrical efficiency
- IoT
- remote communication with TENGs
- hazardous environments
- self-energy generation
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