Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems: Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harvests Environmental Energy for Self-Powered VO₂ Phase Transition

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Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems: Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harvests Environmental Energy for Self-Powered VO₂ Phase Transition

Research Background The modulation of transition metal oxides (TMO) properties has significant application value in fields such as smart dimming, thermal insulation, and temperature sensing. Vanadium dioxide (VO₂) is a typical metal-insulator transition (MIT) material, which undergoes significant changes in its structural, electrical, and optical properties during the phase transition. Traditional phase transition modulation methods … Read more

Can Breath Be Used for Power Generation?

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Can Breath Be Used for Power Generation?

There are 56 countries and regions worldwide, over 800 institutions, and more than 4,700 people, following our research on triboelectric nanogenerators. This research can be said to be a global trend. Wang Zhonglin · Director and Chief Scientist of Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences Science Celebrities Talk Science | Beijing … Read more

Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Blue Energy Harvesting

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Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Blue Energy Harvesting

Recently, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the top ten emerging chemical technologies for 2024, and the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology invented by Academician Zhonglin Wang and his team from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was selected. The related research by Academician Wang’s team, titled … Read more

Energy Harvesting in Wearable Technology

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Energy Harvesting in Wearable Technology

Click the Blue Text to Follow Us SUBSCRIBE to US WEI GAO/CALTECH Wearable devices, like almost all other technologies, require energy. Fortunately, energy is actually ubiquitous under the moderate power budget of wearable devices. It exists in sunlight and radio waves, sweat and body heat from the skin, and the movements and footsteps of a … Read more

Nano Energy Develops Self-Powered Friction Sensor for Wearable Monitoring

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Nano Energy Develops Self-Powered Friction Sensor for Wearable Monitoring

This article is reproduced from the WeChat public account “Tianjin Medical University” Fang Zhongze Professor at Tianjin Medical University, PhD supervisor, Vice Dean of the School of Public Health, Executive Deputy Director of the National Preventive Medicine Experimental Teaching Center, Director of the Department of Health Toxicology and Health Inspection and Quarantine, and Deputy Director … Read more

Energy Harvesting and Storage in Wearable Textiles

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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

Oblate Spheroidal Triboelectric Nanogenerator for All-Weather Blue Energy Harvesting

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Oblate Spheroidal Triboelectric Nanogenerator for All-Weather Blue Energy Harvesting

Among various forms of energy, ocean blue energy has become one of the most promising sources due to its vast coverage and large total amount. However, the lack of economically efficient harvesting technologies has long restricted the extraction and development of blue energy. The emerging triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) excels at collecting mechanical energy from the … Read more