scholarly journals Self-Powered Room-Temperature Ethanol Sensor Based on Brush-Shaped Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jingwen Tian ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Yafei Ding ◽  
Rui Lei ◽  
Yuxiang Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Display ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Concentration Change ◽  
Resistance Change ◽  
Industrial Monitoring ◽  
Application Potential ◽  
Self Powered

Highly sensitive ethanol sensors have been widely utilized in environmental protection, industrial monitoring, and drink-driving tests. In this work, a fully self-powered ethanol detector operating at room temperature has been developed based on a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). The gas-sensitive oxide semiconductor is selected as the sensory component for the ethanol detection, while the resistance change of the oxide semiconductor can well match the “linear” region of the load characteristic curve of TENG. Hence, the output signal of TENG can directly reveal the concentration change of ethanol gas. An accelerator gearbox is applied to support the operation of the TENG, and the concentration change of ethanol gas can be visualized on the Liquid Crystal Display. This fully self-powered ethanol detector has excellent durability, low fabrication cost, and high selectivity of 5 ppm. Therefore, the ethanol detector based on TENG not only provides a different approach for the gas detection but also further demonstrates the application potential of TENG for various sensory devices.

Self-powered room temperature NO2 detection driven by triboelectric nanogenerator under UV illumination

Nano Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 316-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanjie Su ◽  
Guangzhong Xie ◽  
Huiling Tai ◽  
Shuangding Li ◽  
Boxi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Uv Illumination ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
No2 Detection

scholarly journals  Progress in the Triboelectric Human–Machine Interfaces (HMIs)-Moving from Smart Gloves to AI/Haptic Enabled HMI in the 5G/IoT Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-120
Author(s):  
Zhongda Sun ◽  
Minglu Zhu ◽  
Chengkuo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Haptic Feedback ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Measurement Unit ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Wearable Robot ◽  
Human Machine Interfaces ◽  
Self Powered

Entering the 5G and internet of things (IoT) era, human–machine interfaces (HMIs) capable of providing humans with more intuitive interaction with the digitalized world have experienced a flourishing development in the past few years. Although the advanced sensing techniques based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) or microelectromechanical system (MEMS) solutions, e.g., camera, microphone, inertial measurement unit (IMU), etc., and flexible solutions, e.g., stretchable conductor, optical fiber, etc., have been widely utilized as sensing components for wearable/non-wearable HMIs development, the relatively high-power consumption of these sensors remains a concern, especially for wearable/portable scenarios. Recent progress on triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) self-powered sensors provides a new possibility for realizing low-power/self-sustainable HMIs by directly converting biomechanical energies into valuable sensory information. Leveraging the advantages of wide material choices and diversified structural design, TENGs have been successfully developed into various forms of HMIs, including glove, glasses, touchpad, exoskeleton, electronic skin, etc., for sundry applications, e.g., collaborative operation, personal healthcare, robot perception, smart home, etc. With the evolving artificial intelligence (AI) and haptic feedback technologies, more advanced HMIs could be realized towards intelligent and immersive human–machine interactions. Hence, in this review, we systematically introduce the current TENG HMIs in the aspects of different application scenarios, i.e., wearable, robot-related and smart home, and prospective future development enabled by the AI/haptic-feedback technology. Discussion on implementing self-sustainable/zero-power/passive HMIs in this 5G/IoT era and our perspectives are also provided.

Ultrasensitive flexible self-powered ammonia sensor based on triboelectric nanogenerator at room temperature

Nano Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 231-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Wang ◽  
Guangzhong Xie ◽  
Huiling Tai ◽  
Yuanjie Su ◽  
Boxi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Ammonia Sensor ◽  
Self Powered

Triboelectric nanogenerator based self-powered sensor for artificial intelligence

Nano Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 105887
Author(s):  
Yuankai Zhou ◽  
Maoliang Shen ◽  
Xin Cui ◽  
Yicheng Shao ◽  
Lijie Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Self Powered

scholarly journals Self-powered multifunctional sensing based on super-elastic fibers by soluble-core thermal drawing

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengxiao Chen ◽  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Qichong Zhang ◽  
Zhixun Wang ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Fibers ◽  
Elastic Fibers ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Manufacturing Method ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Ion Movements ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Thermal Drawing ◽  
Viscosity Polymer

AbstractThe well-developed preform-to-fiber thermal drawing technique owns the benefit to maintain the cross-section architecture and obtain an individual micro-scale strand of fiber with the extended length up to thousand meters. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a two-step soluble-core fabrication method by combining such an inherently scalable manufacturing method with simple post-draw processing to explore the low viscosity polymer fibers and the potential of soft fiber electronics. As a result, an ultra-stretchable conductive fiber is achieved, which maintains excellent conductivity even under 1900% strain or 1.5 kg load/impact freefalling from 0.8-m height. Moreover, by combining with triboelectric nanogenerator technique, this fiber acts as a self-powered self-adapting multi-dimensional sensor attached on sports gears to monitor sports performance while bearing sudden impacts. Next, owing to its remarkable waterproof and easy packaging properties, this fiber detector can sense different ion movements in various solutions, revealing the promising applications for large-area undersea detection.

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