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Research Progress of Pyroelectric Nanogenerator and Its Hybrid Nanogenerators. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Pyroelectric nanogenerators (PyNGs) have attracted extensive attention for converting thermal energy into electricity, yet their low output power remains a critical bottleneck hindering practical use. This review summarizes various pyroelectric materials and device structures, elucidates the working principle, and discusses their output performances ...
Liu Y, Wang S, Gao Z, Zhang H, Zhan F, Zhao K.   +5 more
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Nanogenerators and Nanopiezotronics [PDF]

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2009
Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2009 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, July 26 – July 30 ...
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Correlation between the Dimensions and Piezoelectric Properties of ZnO Nanowires Grown by PLI-MOCVD with Different Flow Rates

Nanoenergy Advances, 2023
Zinc oxide nanowires (ZnO NWs) have gained considerable attention in the field of piezoelectricity in the past two decades. However, the impact of growth-process conditions on their dimensions and polarity, as well as the piezoelectric properties, has ...
Quang Chieu Bui, Vincent Consonni, Carmen Jiménez, Hervé Roussel, Xavier Mescot, Bassem Salem, Gustavo Ardila   +6 more
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Poling-Free Hydroxyapatite/Polylactide Nanogenerator with Improved Piezoelectricity for Energy Harvesting

Micromachines, 2022
Polylactide-based piezoelectric nanogenerators were designed and fabricated with improved piezoelectric performances by blending polylactide with hydroxyapatite.
Wei Liu, Yunlai Shi, Zhijun Sun, Li Zhang   +3 more
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A One‐Structure‐Based Multieffects Coupled Nanogenerator for Simultaneously Scavenging Thermal, Solar, and Mechanical Energies

Advanced Science, 2018
Rapid advances in various energy harvesters impose the challenge on integrating them into one device structure with synergetic effects for full use of the available energies from the environment.
Yun Ji, Kewei Zhang, Ya Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of ZnO Nanorods Concentration in a Micro-Structured Polymeric Composite for Nanogenerators

Chemosensors, 2021
The growing use of wearable devices has been stimulating research efforts in the development of energy harvesters as more portable and practical energy sources alternatives.
Andreia dos Santos, Filipe Sabino, Ana Rovisco, Pedro Barquinha, Hugo Águas, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Rui Igreja   +7 more
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The past, present, and future of piezoelectric fluoropolymers: Towards efficient and robust wearable nanogenerators

Nano Research Energy, 2023
Polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) derivatives in metal/PVDF/metal (MPM) sandwich structures have been studied extensively since 1969. Cousin copolymers of the same family have been discovered with fascinating piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electrocaloric ...
Md. Mehebub Alam, Xavier Crispin
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
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Embroidery Triboelectric Nanogenerator

E-Textiles 2023
The “Embroidery Triboelectric Nanogenerator” (E-TENG) is a wearable device that extracts energy from human motion by making use of the triboelectric phenomena, in addition to conductive fabric along with embroidery threads. One of the greatest ways to transform ambient vibrational energy from the human body is to use a wearable triboelectric energy ...
Hasan Riaz Tahir, Sanaul Sujan, Benny Malengier, Lieva Van Langenhove   +3 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source