Recent Advancements in Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting

Robust Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Rolling Electrification and Electrostatic Induction at an Instantaneous Energy Conversion Efficiency of ∼55%

(2015) Long Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Nanopatterned Textile-Based Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator

(2015) Wanchul Seung et al.   ACS Nano

A Motion- and Sound-Activated, 3D-Printed, Chalcogenide-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator

(2015) Mehmet Kanik et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improving energy conversion efficiency for triboelectric nanogenerator with capacitor structure by maximizing surface charge density

(2015) Xianming He et al.   Nanoscale

Highly transparent triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting water-related energy reinforced by antireflection coating

(2015) Qijie Liang et al.   Scientific Reports

Generating Electric Current Based on the Solvent-Dependent Charging Effects of Defective Boron Nitride Nanosheets

(2014) Ronghui Que et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Electret Film-Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Matrix for Self-Powered Instantaneous Tactile Imaging

(2014) Ya Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Harvesting Water Wave Energy by Asymmetric Screening of Electrostatic Charges on a Nanostructured Hydrophobic Thin-Film Surface

(2014) Guang Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Biocompatible Nanogenerators through High Piezoelectric Coefficient 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3Nanowires for In-Vivo Applications

(2014) Miaomiao Yuan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Active Micro-Actuators for Optical Modulation Based on a Planar Sliding Triboelectric Nanogenerator

(2014) Chi Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Theoretical Comparison, Equivalent Transformation, and Conjunction Operations of Electromagnetic Induction Generator and Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Harvesting Mechanical Energy

(2014) Chi Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A power-transformed-and-managed triboelectric nanogenerator and its applications in a self-powered wireless sensing node

(2014) Wei Tang et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics

(2014) Wenzhuo Wu et al.   NATURE

Generating electricity by moving a droplet of ionic liquid along graphene

(2014) Jun Yin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Triboelectric Nanogenerators as New Energy Technology for Self-Powered Systems and as Active Mechanical and Chemical Sensors

(2013) Zhong Lin Wang   ACS Nano

Triboelectric Nanogenerator Built on Suspended 3D Spiral Structure as Vibration and Positioning Sensor and Wave Energy Harvester

(2013) Youfan Hu et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Stretchable Piezoelectric-Pyroelectric Hybrid Nanogenerator

(2013) Ju-Hyuck Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Single-Electrode Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Self-Powered Tracking System

(2013) Ya Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Theory of Sliding-Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators

(2013) Simiao Niu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bio-Inspired Two-Dimensional Nanofluidic Generators Based on a Layered Graphene Hydrogel Membrane

(2013) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Progress in nanogenerators for portable electronics

(2013) Zhong Lin Wang et al.   Materials Today

Silicon nanowires nanogenerator based on the piezoelectricity of alpha-quartz

(2013) Kui Yin et al.   Nanoscale

High performance piezoelectric devices based on aligned arrays of nanofibers of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)

(2013) Luana Persano et al.   Nature Communications

Flexible Self-Charging Power Cell for One-Step Energy Conversion and Storage

(2013) Xinyu Xue et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Vertically Aligned CdSe Nanowire Arrays for Energy Harvesting and Piezotronic Devices

(2012) Yu Sheng Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanowire Textile Nanogenerator for Wearable Energy-Harvesting and Self-Powered Devices

(2012) Weiwei Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Thermoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Single Sb-Doped ZnO Micro/Nanobelts

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Flexible Nanocomposite Generator Made of BaTiO3 Nanoparticles and Graphitic Carbons

(2012) Kwi-Il Park et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly sensitive stretchable transparent piezoelectric nanogenerators

(2012) Ju-Hyuck Lee et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Flexible Nanocrystal-Coated Glass Fibers for High-Performance Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

(2012) Daxin Liang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Functional Electrical Stimulation by Nanogenerator with 58 V Output Voltage

(2012) Guang Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Thermoelectric Energy

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hybridizing Energy Conversion and Storage in a Mechanical-to-Electrochemical Process for Self-Charging Power Cell

(2012) Xinyu Xue et al.   NANO LETTERS

Lead-Free NaNbO3 Nanowires for a High Output Piezoelectric Nanogenerator

(2011) Jong Hoon Jung et al.   ACS Nano

Single-Fiber-Based Hybridization of Energy Converters and Storage Units Using Graphene as Electrodes

(2011) Joonho Bae et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Replacing a Battery by a Nanogenerator with 20 V Output

(2011) Youfan Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

(2011) M. Zebarjadi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Silicon Nanowires with Permanent Electrostatic Charges for Nanogenerators

(2011) Ronghui Que et al.   NANO LETTERS

Porous PVDF As Effective Sonic Wave Driven Nanogenerators

(2011) SeungNam Cha et al.   NANO LETTERS

Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites

(2011) Weishu Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Hybrid Nanogenerator for Concurrently Harvesting Biomechanical and Biochemical Energy

(2010) Benjamin J. Hansen et al.   ACS Nano

Single-InN-Nanowire Nanogenerator with Upto 1 V Output Voltage

(2010) Chi-Te Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electric Current Induced Reduction of Graphene Oxide and Its Application as Gap Electrodes in Organic Photoswitching Devices

(2010) Pingping Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electricity Generation based on One-Dimensional Group-III Nitride Nanomaterials

(2010) Xuebin Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fully Rollable Transparent Nanogenerators Based on Graphene Electrodes

(2010) Dukhyun Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Muscle-Driven In Vivo Nanogenerator

(2010) Zhou Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wide memory window in graphene oxide charge storage nodes

(2010) Shuai Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Growth, Thermodynamics, and Electrical Properties of Silicon Nanowires†

(2010) V. Schmidt et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Piezotronic and Piezophototronic Effects

(2010) Zhong Lin Wang   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

1.6 V Nanogenerator for Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using PZT Nanofibers

(2010) Xi Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct-Write Piezoelectric Polymeric Nanogenerator with High Energy Conversion Efficiency

(2010) Chieh Chang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-powered nanowire devices

(2010) Sheng Xu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mechanically Powered Transparent Flexible Charge-Generating Nanodevices with Piezoelectric ZnO Nanorods

(2009) Min-Yeol Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: The New Paradigm?†

(2009) Mercouri G. Kanatzidis   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Theoretical calculations of structures and properties of one-dimensional silicon-based nanomaterials: Particularities and peculiarities of silicon and silicon-containing nanowires and nanotubes

(2009) Boon K. Teo et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

(2009) A. J. Minnich et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Wearable electronics self-powered by using human body heat: The state of the art and the perspective

(2009) Vladimir Leonov et al.   Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Equilibrium Potential of Free Charge Carriers in a Bent Piezoelectric Semiconductive Nanowire

(2009) Yifan Gao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Using p-Type ZnO Nanowire Arrays

(2009) Ming-Pei Lu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Converting Biomechanical Energy into Electricity by a Muscle-Movement-Driven Nanogenerator

(2009) Rusen Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electrical Conduction Mechanism in Chemically Derived Graphene Monolayers

(2009) Alan B. Kaiser et al.   NANO LETTERS

Printable Thin Film Supercapacitors Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2009) Martti Kaempgen et al.   NANO LETTERS

ENGINEERING: Harvesting Ocean Wave Energy

(2009) J. Scruggs et al.   SCIENCE

Towards Self-Powered Nanosystems: From Nanogenerators to Nanopiezotronics

(2008) Zhong Lin Wang   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Alternating the Output of a CdS Nanowire Nanogenerator by a White-Light-Stimulated Optoelectronic Effect

(2008) Yi-Feng Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs

(2008) Zhuang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Microfibre–nanowire hybrid structure for energy scavenging

(2008) Yong Qin et al.   NATURE

Power generation with laterally packaged piezoelectric fine wires

(2008) Rusen Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

(2008) J. P. Heremans et al.   SCIENCE

Carrier Density and Schottky Barrier on the Performance of DC Nanogenerator

(2007) Jin Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS