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Paper-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators

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The emergence of Internet of things has promoted the development of the various sensors, but also brought energy issues. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) enabled by electrostatic induction and tribo-electrification are garnering substantial interest due to their cost-effective, self-powered, lightweight, facile fabrication, large output power, and high efficiency, which hold remarkable capacity in the commercialization of blue energy harvesting devices. Similarly to the fiber-based materials, paper-based TENGs (P-TENGs) hold many advantages including flexible, renewable, air-permeable, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, which make them show great potential for various energy harvesting and interactive applications. Here, different methods of paper preparation and surface modification are reported. A detailed summary of the structural design strategies of P-TENG including one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional patterns is given. Moreover, we introduced the application areas of P-TENG such as self-powered sensors, human-machine interaction, self-powered electrochemistry, and energy harvesting.

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    Jin Yang

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    Ya Yang

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    Zhong Lin Wang

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Yang, J. (2023). Paper-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators. In: Wang, Z.L., Yang, Y., Zhai, J., Wang, J. (eds) Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28111-2_26

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