Triboelectric nanogenerators for human-health care

Hao Wang; Jia Cheng; Zhaozheng Wang; Linhong Ji; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.10.002

Triboelectric nanogenerators for human-health care

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2021 Mar 15;66(5):490-511. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.10.002. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

Authors

Hao Wang¹, Jia Cheng², Zhaozheng Wang¹, Linhong Ji¹, Zhong Lin Wang³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: chengjia@tsinghua.edu.cn.
³ Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA. Electronic address: zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu.

PMID: 36654185
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.10.002

Abstract

Since the world's first triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) was proposed in 2012, numerous TENG-based devices and equipment have sprung up in various fields. In particular, TENG has great potential in the field of human-health care due to its small size, self-powered and low cost. With the continuous deepening of TENG research, its structure, function and technical concept are becoming more and more abundant. In order to summarize the progress and development status of TENG in health care, based on the different types of applications subdirection, this paper reviews the TENG-based research work of this field in recent eight years. The characteristics of various types of TENG-based applications and their corresponding technologies are introduced and analyzed, under the comparison of their structure and performance. This review is dedicated to provide reference and inspiration for the future development and innovation of TENG for health care.

Keywords: Health care; Medical; Self-powered; Triboelectric nanogenerator.

Publication types

Review