Fabrication and application of biocompatible nanogenerators

Yong-Mei Wang; Qingfeng Zeng; Lilong He; Pei Yin; Yu Sun; Wen Hu; Rusen Yang

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102274

Fabrication and application of biocompatible nanogenerators

iScience. 2021 Mar 5;24(4):102274. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102274. eCollection 2021 Apr 23.

Authors

Yong-Mei Wang^{1

2}, Qingfeng Zeng^{2

3

4}, Lilong He⁵, Pei Yin^{1

2}, Yu Sun^{1

2}, Wen Hu^{1

2}, Rusen Yang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China.
² Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Biofabrication, School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China.
³ Science and Technology on Thermostructural Composite Materials Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
⁴ MSEA International Institute for Materials Genome, Gu'an 065500, Hebei, China.
⁵ Xi'an Chuanglian Electronic Component (Group) Co. Ltd., Xi'an 710065, China.

Abstract

As a new sustainable energy source, ubiquitous mechanical energy has received great attention and was successfully harvested by different types of nanogenerators. Among them, biocompatible nanogenerators are of particular interests due to their potential for biomedical applications. In this review, we provide an overview of the recent achievements in the fabrication and application of biocompatible nanogenerators. The development process and working mechanism of nanogenerators are introduced. Different biocompatible materials for energy harvesting, such as amino acids, peptide, silk protein, and cellulose, are discussed and compared. We then discuss different applications of biocompatible nanogenerators. We conclude with the challenges and potential research directions in this emerging field.

Keywords: Biomaterials; Energy Materials; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology.

Publication types

Review