Enhanced Performance of TENG through Graphene Oxide and Transition Layer Coupling

1Introduction to the Results The triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have a simple structure, low manufacturing costs, and are suitable for harvesting low-frequency mechanical energy, thus providing a new method for green energy collection. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of single factors such as charge generation, storage, or loss on the electrical output of … Read more

Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy for Enhanced Sensing Performance

Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy for Enhanced Sensing Performance

Article Information Near-Infrared-Induced Photothermal-Pyroelectric Synergy Promotes Flexible Sensing Platform Photoelectrochemical Analysis Performance First Author: Li Lin Corresponding Authors: Cui Kang*, Zhang Lina*, Yu Jinghua* Affiliation: Jinan University Research Background Exploring and regulating the photothermal material-driven pyroelectric effect may bring great potential for next-generation in vitro instant diagnostics. In pursuing this goal, the powerful impact of … Read more

Development of Liquid Metal-Based Self-Oscillating Heterogeneous Films for Energy Harvesting

Development of Liquid Metal-Based Self-Oscillating Heterogeneous Films for Energy Harvesting

With the miniaturization of electronic devices and the integration of flexible wearable devices, collecting energy from the surrounding environment to power low-power wearable electronics has attracted widespread attention from researchers. Natural evaporation from lakes and seas, as well as transpiration and respiration from plants, means that moisture is ubiquitous in the atmospheric environment. In recent … Read more

Enabling IoT Bluetooth Low Energy Applications and Battery-Free Sensing

Enabling IoT Bluetooth Low Energy Applications and Battery-Free Sensing

The deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has started to make tangible progress. The potential scale and diversity of the market are driving significant innovations, with new technological advancements and emerging communication protocols propelling IoT towards the projected billions of nodes in the coming years. Engineers may have extensive expertise in their specific functional … Read more

Battery-Free IoT Solutions Using Bluetooth Low Energy

Battery-Free IoT Solutions Using Bluetooth Low Energy

In the next decade, the number of connected devices will reach billions, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will account for an increasingly large share of global energy consumption. Therefore, device manufacturers are seeking new ways to power their applications by using energy harvesting platforms that collect solar or inertial energy. For Original Equipment Manufacturers … Read more

Overview of Wearable Self-Charging Power Systems

Overview of Wearable Self-Charging Power Systems

Click the above “Material Person” to subscribe to us Introduction In recent years, portable wearable electronic devices have begun to be widely used in professional fields and in daily life, evolving towards miniaturization, intelligence, multifunctionality, and flexibility. However, the main problem faced by wearable electronic products is that existing batteries are insufficient to provide continuous … Read more

Energy Harvesting and Storage in Wearable Textiles

Energy Harvesting and Storage in Wearable Textiles

Academician Wang Zhonglin and the research team of Dong Kai from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed a coaxial structure of fiber-shaped triboelectric nanogenerators and integrated supercapacitors to construct self-charging power textiles. This research was published in the high-impact journal Nano Research Energy. Welcome to read and download! … Read more

Recycling Human Teeth for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Recycling Human Teeth for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Recycling of human teeth for piezoelectric energy harvesting Yuanyuan Yin, Shuaijie Liu, Yuehui Wang, Sihan Yang, Min Ding, Xiaohui Xu, Wei Ji, Jinlin Song Giant 2024, 20, 100333 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giant.2024.100333 Abstract In the human body, biomolecules or tissues with non-centrosymmetric structures can exhibit piezoelectricity; however, there is limited research on utilizing natural tissues to manufacture piezoelectric … Read more

Overview of Energy Harvesting: 4 New Designs Utilizing Environmental Energy

Overview of Energy Harvesting: 4 New Designs Utilizing Environmental Energy

Source: EETOP Author:Aaron Carman As more and more low-power IoT devices flood the market, researchers and developers are creatively developing power solutions—some of which turn to unique energy harvesting technologies. Industry and academic researchers have developed four new energy harvesting solutions for low-power devices. For applications where battery or wall-connected power is impractical (or would … Read more

NanoResEnergy: Wearable Textile for Energy Harvesting and Storage

NanoResEnergy: Wearable Textile for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Academician Wang Zhonglin and researcher Dong Kai from the Institute of Nano Energy and Systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published their latest research results in the high-profile journal Nano Research Energy hosted by Tsinghua University. They reported a wearable sustainable energy harvesting-storage hybrid self-charging power textile, providing an effective pathway for the design of sustainable … Read more