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With the rapid development in wearable pressure sensors, self-powered pressure sensor based on piezoelectric and triboelectric effect have recently attracted great attention to overcome the limitation of conventional hard power sources. In consideration of sustainable development, environmentally friendly and biosafety, cellulose fibrous materials with good biocompatibility and biodegradability are becoming a promising versatile platform for designing and manufacturing self-powered pressure sensor. However, poor hydrophobicity, weak polarity, and insufficient functionalization on cellulose surface partly restricts the development of highly sensitive sensors to a certain extent. Much work is devoted to solving these problems. This minireview provides an overview of cellulose fibrous materials based piezoelectric and triboelectric self-powered pressure sensor. Following a brief introduction to the significance of the cellulose fibrous materials based self-powered pressure sensor, the self-powered sensing mechanism and cellulose based fibrous piezoelectric and triboelectric material for self-powered pressure sensor have been highlighted, including fabrication methods, sensing performance, and its applications. Furthermore, the challenges and future prospects of the cellulose fibrous materials based self-powered pressure sensors are also discussed. Finally, given that some advanced cellulose fibrous piezoelectric and triboelectric sensing materials exist for detecting external pressure, it is believed that these materials will make a significant contribution in intelligent wearable sensing field.
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Zhu, M., Zhang, J., Xu, W. et al. Cellulose-based fibrous materials for self-powered wearable pressure sensor: a mini review. Cellulose 30, 1981–1998 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-05023-5
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