Abstract
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a revolutionary system for mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered monitoring and has opened great prospects for driving emerging electronics for our society. However, a big challenge preventing TENG’s practical applications is that TENGs often suffer damages from mechanical abrasion and/or contaminant adsorption resulting in significant decrease of performance and service life. Thus, the durable performance of TENGs is an important issue that urgently needs to be addressed. Until now, there are some studies on the investigation of this key topic for TENGs. In this chapter, we will review TENGs’ durability works based on material design and electrification interface, since triboelectricity properties of TENGs are mainly originated from materials’ properties and interfaces’ performance. It is highly believed that the durability of TENGs can be significantly boosted via the improvement of materials’ physiochemical properties, surface textures and functional groups, and interface structures and compositions. In terms of durability of TENGs, the features of long-term stabilities, service-life cycles, fiction coefficient, and wear loss are important quantifiably, which will be taken into consideration in this chapter.
References
Bai P, Zhu G, Lin Z-H, Jing Q, Chen J, Zhang G, Ma J, Wang ZL (2013) Integrated multi layered triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting biomechanical energy from human motions. ACS Nano 7:3713–3719
Bowman WF, Stachowiak GW (1996) A review of scuffing models. Tribol Lett 2:113–131
Cao W-T, Ouyang H, Xin W, Chao S, Ma C, Li Z, Chen F, Ma M-G (2020) A stretchable highoutput triboelectric nanogenerator improved by MXene liquid electrode with high electronegativity. Adv Funct Mater 30
Chen BD, Tang W, Zhang C, Xu L, Zhu LP, Yang LJ, He C, Chen J, Liu L, Zhou T, Wang ZL (2018a) Au nanocomposite enhanced electret film for triboelectric nanogenerator. Nano Res 11:3096–3105
Chen H, Bai L, Li T, Zhao C, Zhang J, Zhang N, Song G, Gan Q, Xu Y (2018b) Wearable and robust triboelectric nanogenerator based on crumpled gold films. Nano Energy 46:73–80
Chen J, Guo H, Hu C, Wang ZL (2020) Robust triboelectric nanogenerator achieved by centrifugal force induced automatic working mode transition. Adv Energy Mater 10
Chen P, An J, Shu S, Cheng R, Nie J, Jiang T, Wang ZL (2021) Super-durable, low-wear, and high-performance fur-brush triboelectric nanogenerator for wind and water energy harvesting for smart agriculture. Adv Energy Mater 11
Chun J, Kim JW, Jung W-s, Kang C-Y, Kim S-W, Wang ZL, Baik JM (2015) Mesoporous pores impregnated with au nanoparticles as effective dielectrics for enhancing triboelectric nanogenerator performance in harsh environments. Energy. Environ Sci 8:3006–3012
Chung S-H, Chung J, Song M, Kim S, Shin D, Lin Z-H, Koo B, Kim D, Hong J, Lee S (2021a) Nonpolar liquid lubricant submerged triboelectric nanogenerator for current amplification via direct electron flow. Adv Energy Mater 11
Chung J, Chung S-H, Lin Z-H, Jin Y, Hong J, Lee S (2021b) Dielectric liquid-based self-operating switch triboelectric nanogenerator for current amplification via regulating air breakdown. Nano Energy 88
Dang C, Shao C, Liu H, Chen Y, Qi H (2021) Cellulose melt processing assisted by small biomass molecule to fabricate recyclable ionogels for versatile stretchable triboelectric nanogenerators. Nano Energy 90
Deng J, Kuang X, Liu R, Ding W, Wang AC, Lai Y-C, Dong K, Wen Z, Wang Y, Wang L, Qi HJ, Zhang T, Wang ZL (2018) Vitrimer elastomer-based jigsaw puzzle-like healable triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered wearable electronics. Adv Mater 30
Fan F-R, Tian Z-Q, Wang ZL (2012) Flexible triboelectric generator! Nano Energy 1:328–334
Fan M, Li S, Wu L, Li L, Qu M, Nie J, Zhang R, Tang P, Bin Y (2022) Natural rubber toughened carbon nanotube buckypaper and its multifunctionality in electromagnetic interference shielding, thermal conductivity, joule heating and triboelectric nanogenerators. Chem Eng J 433
Feng M, Wu Y, Feng Y, Dong Y, Liu Y, Peng J, Wang N, Xu S, Wang D (2022) Highly wearable, machine-washable, and self-cleaning fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerator for wireless drowning sensors. Nano Energy 93
Fu S, He W, Tang Q, Wang Z, Liu W, Li Q, Shan C, Long L, Hu C, Liu H (2022) An ultrarobust and high-performance rotational hydrodynamic triboelectric nanogenerator enabled by automatic mode switching and charge excitation. Adv Mater 34
Guan Q, Dai Y, Yang Y, Bi X, Wen Z, Pan Y (2018) Near-infrared irradiation induced remote and efficient self-healable triboelectric nanogenerator for potential implantable electronics. Nano Energy 51:333–339
Guan Q, Lin G, Gong Y, Wang J, Tan W, Bao D, Liu Y, You Z, Sun X, Wen Z, Pan Y (2019) Highly efficient self-healable and dual responsive hydrogel-based deformable triboelectric nanogenerators for wearable electronics. J Mater Chem A 7:13948–13955
Jiang C, Wu C, Li X, Yao Y, Lan L, Zhao F, Ye Z, Ying Y, Ping J (2019) All-electrospun flexible triboelectric nanogenerator based on metallic MXene nanosheets. Nano Energy 59:268–276
Jiang J, Guan Q, Liu Y, Sun X, Wen Z (2021) Abrasion and fracture self-healable triboelectric nanogenerator with ultrahigh stretchability and long-term durability. Adv Funct Mater 31
Kammen DM, Sunter DA (2016) City-integrated renewable energy for urban sustainability. Science 352:922–928
Khan A, Ginnaram S, Wu C-H, Lu H-W, Pu Y-F, Wu JI, Gupta D, Lai Y-C, Lin H-C (2021) Fully self-healable, highly stretchable, and anti-freezing supramolecular gels for energy-harvesting triboelectric nanogenerator and self-powered wearable electronics. Nano Energy 90
Kim D, Tcho I-W, Choi Y-K (2018) Triboelectric nanogenerator based on rolling motion of beads for harvesting wind energy as active wind speed sensor. Nano Energy 52:256–263
Kim M, Park D, Alam MM, Lee S, Park P, Nah J (2019) Remarkable output power density enhancement of triboelectric nanogenerators via polarized ferroelectric polymers and bulk MoS2 composites. ACS Nano 13:4640–4646
Kim D, Han SA, Kim JH, Lee J-H, Kim S-W, Lee S-W (2020) Biomolecular piezoelectric materials: from amino acids to living tissues. Adv Mater 32
Kwak SS, Kim SM, Ryu H, Kim J, Khan U, Yoon H-J, Jeong YH, Kim S-W (2019) Butylated melamine formaldehyde as a durable and highly positive friction layer for stable, high output triboelectric nanogenerators. Energy Environ Sci 12:3156–3163
Lee Y, Cha SH, Kim Y-W, Choi D, Sun J-Y (2018) Transparent and attachable ionic communicators based on self-cleanable triboelectric nanogenerators. Nat Commun 9
Lee H, Lee HE, Wang HS, Kang S-M, Lee D, Kim YH, Shin JH, Lim Y-W, Lee KJ, Bae B-S (2020) Hierarchically surface-textured ultrastable hybrid film for large-scale triboelectric nanogenerators. Adv Funct Mater 30
Li S, Wang S, Zi Y, Wen Z, Lin L, Zhang G, Wang ZL (2015) Largely improving the robustness and lifetime of triboelectric nanogenerators through automatic transition between contact and noncontact working states. ACS Nano 9:7479–7487
Li T, Wang Y, Li S, Liu X, Sun J (2020a) Mechanically robust, elastic, and healable ionogels for highly sensitive ultra-durable ionic skins. Adv Mater 32
Li X, Jiang C, Zhao F, Shao Y, Ying Y, Ping J (2020b) A self-charging device with bionic self-cleaning interface for energy harvesting. Nano Energy 73
Li RY, Yang X, Zhao J, Yue CT, Wang YF, Li JG, Meyer E, Zhang JY, Shi YJ (2022a) Operando formation of Van der Waals heterostructures for achieving macroscale superlubricity on engineering rough and worn surfaces. Adv Funct Mater 32
Li W, Lu L, Kottapalli AGP, Pei Y (2022b) Bioinspired sweat-resistant wearable triboelectric nanogenerator for movement monitoring during exercise. Nano Energy 95
Liao W, Liu X, Li Y, Xu X, Jiang J, Lu S, Bao D, Wen Z, Sun X (2022) Transparent, stretchable, temperature-stable and self-healing ionogel-based triboelectric nanogenerator for biomechanical energy collection. Nano Res 15:2060–2068
Lim G-H, Kwak SS, Kwon N, Kim T, Kim H, Kim SM, Kim S-W, Lim B (2017) Fully stretchable and highly durable triboelectric nanogenerators based on gold-nanosheet electrodes for self-powered human-motion detection. Nano Energy 42:300–306
Lin Z, Zhang B, Zou H, Wu Z, Guo H, Zhang Y, Yang J, Wang ZL (2020) Rationally designed rotation triboelectric nanogenerators with much extended lifetime and durability. Nano Energy 68
Liu R, Kuang X, Deng J, Wang Y-C, Wang AC, Ding W, Lai Y-C, Chen J, Wang P, Lin Z, Qi HJ, Sun B, Wang ZL (2018) Shape memory polymers for body motion energy harvesting and self-powered mechanosensing. Adv Mater 30
Liu R, Lai Y, Li S, Wu F, Shao J, Liu D, Dong X, Wang J, Wang ZL (2022) Ultrathin, transparent, and robust self-healing electronic skins for tactile and non-contact sensing. Nano Energy 95
Long Y, Chen Y, Liu Y, Chen G, Guo W, Kang X, Pu X, Hu W, Wang ZL (2020) A flexible triboelectric nanogenerator based on a super-stretchable and self-healable hydrogel as the electrode. Nanoscale 12:12753–12759
Luo J, Wang Z, Xu L, Wang AC, Han K, Jiang T, Lai Q, Bai Y, Tang W, Fan FR, Wang ZL (2019) Flexible and durable wood-based triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered sensing in athletic big data analytics. Nat Commun 10
Luo N, Feng Y, Wang D, Zheng Y, Ye Q, Zhou F, Liu W (2020) New self-healing triboelectric nanogenerator based on simultaneous repair friction layer and conductive layer. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 12:30390–30398
Manikandan M, Rajagopalan P, Xu S, Palani IA, Singh V, Wang X, Wu W (2021) Enhancement of patterned triboelectric output performance by an interfacial polymer layer for energy harvesting application. Nanoscale 13:20615–20624
Mu J, Zou J, Song J, He J, Hou X, Yu J, Han X, Feng C, He H, Chou X (2022) Hybrid enhancement effect of structural and material properties of the triboelectric generator on its performance in integrated energy harvester. Energy Convers Manag 254
Niu S, Wang X, Yi F, Zhou YS, Wang ZL (2015) A universal self-charging system driven by random biomechanical energy for sustainable operation of mobile electronics. Nat Commun 6
Oh H, Kwak SS, Kim B, Han E, Lim G-H, Kim S-W, Lim B (2019) Highly conductive ferroelectric cellulose composite papers for efficient triboelectric nanogenerators. Adv Funct Mater 29
Parida K, Kumar V, Wang J, Bhavanasi V, Bendi R, Lee PS (2017) Highly transparent, stretchable, and self-healing ionic-skin triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting and touch applications. Adv Mater 29
Parida K, Thangavel G, Cai G, Zhou X, Park S, Xiong J, Lee PS (2019) Extremely stretchable and self-healing conductor based on thermoplastic elastomer for all-three-dimensional printed triboelectric nanogenerator. Nat Commun 10
Park S, Park J, Kim Y-g, Bae S, Kim T-W, Park K-I, Hong BH, Jeong CK, Lee S-K (2020) Laser-directed synthesis of strain-induced crumpled MoS2 structure for enhanced triboelectrification toward haptic sensors. Nano Energy 78
Ramaswamy SH, Shimizu J, Chen W, Kondo R, Choi J (2019) Investigation of diamond-like carbon films as a promising dielectric material for triboelectric nanogenerator. Nano Energy 60:875–885
Rasel MS, Maharjan P, Salauddin M, Rahman MT, Cho HO, Kim JW, Park JY (2018) An impedance tunable and highly efficient triboelectric nanogenerator for large-scale, ultra-sensitive pressure sensing applications. Nano Energy 49:603–613
Rodrigues C, Ramos M, Esteves R, Correia J, Clemente D, Goncalves F, Mathias N, Gomes M, Silva J, Duarte C, Morais T, Rosa-Santos P, Taveira-Pinto F, Pereira A, Ventura J (2021) Integrated study of triboelectric nanogenerator for ocean wave energy harvesting: performance assessment in realistic sea conditions. Nano Energy 84
Seung W, Gupta MK, Lee KY, Shin K-S, Lee J-H, Kim TY, Kim S, Lin J, Kim JH, Kim S-W (2015) Nanopatterned textile-based wearable triboelectric nanogenerator. ACS Nano 9:3501–3509
Shahzad F, Alhabeb M, Hatter CB, Anasori B, Hong SM, Koo CM, Gogotsi Y (2016) Electromagnetic interference shielding with 2D transition metal carbides (MXenes). Science 353:1137–1140
Shao Y, Luo C, Deng B-w, Yin B, Yang M-b (2020) Flexible porous silicone rubber-nanofiber nanocomposites generated by supercritical carbon dioxide foaming for harvesting mechanical energy. Nano Energy 67
Shin S-H, Kwon YH, Kim Y-H, Jung J-Y, Lee MH, Nah J (2015) Triboelectric charging sequence induced by surface functionalization as a method to fabricate high performance triboelectric generators. ACS Nano 9:4621–4627
Sintusiri J, Harnchana V, Amornkitbamrung V, Wongsa A, Chindaprasirt P (2020) Portland cement-TiO2 triboelectric nanogenerator for robust large-scale mechanical energy harvesting and instantaneous motion sensor applications. Nano Energy 74
Su M, Kim B (2020) Silk fibroin-carbon nanotube composites based fiber substrated wearable triboelectric nanogenerator. ACS Appl Nano Mater 3:9759–9770
Sun H, Zhao Y, Jiao S, Wang C, Jia Y, Dai K, Zheng G, Liu C, Wan P, Shen C (2021a) Environment tolerant conductive nanocomposite organohydrogels as flexible strain sensors and power sources for sustainable electronics. Adv Funct Mater 31
Sun Q-J, Lei Y, Zhao X-H, Han J, Cao R, Zhang J, Wu W, Heidari H, Li W-J, Sun Q, Roy VAL (2021b) Scalable fabrication of hierarchically structured graphite/polydimethylsiloxane composite films for large-area triboelectric nanogenerators and self-powered tactile sensing. Nano Energy 80
Tian X, Verho T, Ras RHA (2016) Moving superhydrophobic surfaces toward real-world applications. Science 352:142–143
Wang R, Mu L, Bao Y, Lin H, Ji T, Shi Y, Zhu J, Wu W (2020a) Holistically engineered polymer-polymer and polymer-ion interactions in biocompatible polyvinyl alcohol blends for high-performance triboelectric devices in self-powered wearable cardiovascular monitorings. Adv Mater 32
Wang B, Wu Y, Liu Y, Zheng Y, Liu Y, Xu C, Kong X, Feng Y, Zhang X, Wang D (2020b) New hydrophobic organic coating based triboelectric nanogenerator for efficient and stable hydropower harvesting. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 12:31351–31359
Wang J, He J, Ma L, Yao Y, Zhu X, Peng L, Liu X, Li K, Qu M (2021a) A humidity-resistant, stretchable and wearable textile-based triboelectric nanogenerator for mechanical energy harvesting and multifunctional self-powered haptic sensing. Chem Eng J 423
Wang K, Li J, Li J, Wu C, Yi S, Liu Y, Luo J (2021b) Hexadecane-containing sandwich structure based triboelectric nanogenerator with remarkable performance enhancement. Nano Energy 87
Wen J, Chen B, Tang W, Jiang T, Zhu L, Xu L, Chen J, Shao J, Han K, Ma W, Wang ZL (2018) Harsh-environmental-resistant triboelectric nanogenerator and its applications in autodrive safety warning. Adv Energy Mater 8
Wong T-S, Kang SH, Tang SKY, Smythe EJ, Hatton BD, Grinthal A, Aizenberg J (2011) Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity. Nature 477:443–447
Wu J-P, Liang W, Song W-Z, Zhou L-N, Wang X-X, Ramakrishna S, Long Y-Z (2020a) An acid and alkali-resistant triboelectric nanogenerator. Nanoscale 12:23225–23233
Wu J, Xi Y, Shi Y (2020b) Toward wear-resistive, highly durable and high performance triboelectric nanogenerator through interface liquid lubrication. Nano Energy 72
Wu H, Wang S, Wang Z, Zi Y (2021a) Achieving ultrahigh instantaneous power density of 10 MW/m(2) by leveraging the opposite-charge-enhanced transistor-like triboelectric nanogenerator (OCT-TENG). Nat Commun 12
Wu Z, Chen J, Boukhvalov DW, Luo Z, Zhu L, Shi Y (2021b) A new triboelectric nanogenerator with excellent electric breakdown self-healing performance. Nano Energy 85
Wu X, Li X, Ping J, Ying Y (2021c) Recent advances in water-driven triboelectric nanogenerators based on hydrophobic interfaces. Nano Energy 90
Xia X, Chen J, Guo H, Liu G, Wei D, Xi Y, Wang X, Hu C (2017a) Embedding variable micro-capacitors in polydimethylsiloxane for enhancing output power of triboelectric nanogenerator. Nano Res 10:320–330
Xia X, Chen J, Liu G, Javed MS, Wang X, Hu C (2017b) Aligning graphene sheets in PDMS for improving output performance of triboelectric nanogenerator. Carbon 111:569–576
Xu W, Wang Z (2020) Fusion of slippery interfaces and transistor-inspired architecture for water kinetic energy harvesting. Joule 4:2527–2531
Xu W, Wong M-C, Guo Q, Jia T, Hao J (2019a) Healable and shape-memory dual functional polymers for reliable and multipurpose mechanical energy harvesting devices. J Mater Chem A 7:16267–16276
Xu W, Zhou X, Hao C, Zheng H, Liu Y, Yan X, Yang Z, Leung M, Zeng XC, Xu RX, Wang Z (2019b) SLIPS-TENG: robust triboelectric nanogenerator with optical and charge transparency using a slippery interface. Natl Sci Rev 6:540–550
Xu C, Liu Y, Liu Y, Zheng Y, Feng Y, Wang B, Kong X, Zhang X, Wang D (2020) New inorganic coating-based triboelectric nanogenerators with anti-wear and self-healing properties for efficient wave energy harvesting. Appl Mater Today 20
Yang H, Liu W, Xi Y, Lai M, Guo H, Liu G, Wang M, Li T, Ji X, Li X (2018) Rolling friction contact-separation mode hybrid triboelectric nanogenerator for mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered multifunctional sensors. Nano Energy 47:539–546
Yang H, Wang M, Deng M, Guo H, Zhang W, Yang H, Xi Y, Li X, Hu C, Wang Z (2019) A full-packaged rolling triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid nanogenerator for energy harvesting and building up self-powered wireless systems. Nano Energy 56:300–306
Yang HJ, Lee J-W, Seo SH, Jeong B, Lee B, Do WJ, Kim JH, Cho JY, Jo A, Jeong HJ, Jeong SY, Kim G-H, Lee G-W, Shin Y-E, Ko H, Han JT, Park JH (2021a) Fully stretchable self-charging power unit with micro-supercapacitor and triboelectric nanogenerator based on oxidized single-walled carbon nanotube/polymer electrodes. Nano Energy 86
Yang D, Ni Y, Kong X, Li S, Chen X, Zhang L, Wang ZL (2021b) Self-healing and elastic triboelectric nanogenerators for muscle motion monitoring and photothermal treatment. ACS Nano 15:14653–14661
Yang D, Ni Y, Su H, Shi Y, Liu Q, Chen X, He D (2021c) Hybrid energy system based on solar cell and self-healing/self-cleaning triboelectric nanogenerator. Nano Energy 79
Yang D, Zhang L, Luo N, Liu Y, Sun W, Peng J, Feng M, Feng Y, Wang H, Wang D (2022) Tribological-behaviour-controlled direct-current triboelectric nanogenerator based on the Tribovoltaic effect under high contact pressure. Nano Energy 107370
Ye C, Liu D, Peng X, Jiang Y, Cheng R, Ning C, Sheng F, Zhang Y, Dong K, Wang ZL (2021) A hydrophobic self-repairing power textile for effective water droplet energy harvesting. ACS Nano 15:18172–18181
Ying WB, Yu Z, Kim DH, Lee KJ, Hu H, Liu Y, Kong Z, Wang K, Shang J, Zhang R, Zhu J, Li R-W (2020) Waterproof, highly tough, and fast self-healing polyurethane for durable electronic skin. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 12:11072–11083
Yue Y, Liu N, Ma YA, Wang SL, Liu WJ, Luo C, Zhang H, Cheng F, Rao JY, Hu XK, Su J, Gao YH (2018) Highly self-healable 3D microsupercapacitor with MXene-graphene composite aerogel. ACS Nano 12:4224–4232
Zhang C, Lin X, Zhang N, Lu Y, Wu Z, Liu G, Nie S (2019) Chemically functionalized cellulose nanofibrils-based gear-like triboelectric nanogenerator for energy harvesting and sensing. Nano Energy 66:104126
Zhang J, Zheng Y, Xu L, Wang D (2020) Oleic-acid enhanced triboelectric nanogenerator with high output performance and wear resistance. Nano Energy 69
Zhang L, Cai H, Xu L, Ji L, Wang D, Zheng Y, Feng Y, Sui X, Guo Y, Guo W, Zhou F, Liu W, Wang ZL (2022) Macro-superlubric triboelectric nanogenerator based on tribovoltaic effect. Matter 5
Zhao J, Wang D, Zhang F, Liu Y, Chen B, Wang ZL, Pan J, Larsson R, Shi Y (2021a) Real-time and online lubricating oil condition monitoring enabled by triboelectric nanogenerator. ACS Nano 15:11869–11879
Zhao Z, Zhou L, Li S, Liu D, Li Y, Gao Y, Liu Y, Dai Y, Wang J, Wang ZL (2021b) Selection rules of triboelectric materials for direct-current triboelectric nanogenerator. Nat Commun 12
Zhao J, Wang D, Zhang F, Pan J, Claesson P, Larsson R, Shi Y (2022) Self-powered, long-durable, and highly selective oil-solid triboelectric Nanogenerator for energy harvesting and intelligent monitoring. Nano-Micro Letters 14
Zhou L, Liu D, Zhao Z, Li S, Liu Y, Liu L, Gao Y, Wang ZL, Wang J (2020) Simultaneously enhancing power density and durability of sliding-mode triboelectric nanogenerator via Interface liquid lubrication. Adv Energy Mater 10
Zhu G, Pan C, Guo W, Chen C-Y, Zhou Y, Yu R, Wang ZL (2012) Triboelectric-generator-driven pulse electrodeposition for micropatterning. Nano Lett 12:4960–4965
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2023 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this entry
Cite this entry
Zhao, J., Shi, Y. (2023). Improving the Durability of Triboelectric Nanogenerator. In: Wang, Z.L., Yang, Y., Zhai, J., Wang, J. (eds) Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05722-9_10-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05722-9_10-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-05722-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-05722-9
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Chemistry and Mat. ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics