Power Management for Triboelectric Nanogenerators
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 August 2026 | Viewed by 1008
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG) technology is one of the most promising energy-harvesting technologies, it being able to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Although it has experienced rapid development in recent years, its performance is still far from completely replacing traditional energy sources. One of the reasons for this lies in the insufficient power density. Most of the existing TENGs can only support some small light bulbs, and are insufficient to supply energy for large-scale equipment. A further reason is the poor anti-interference ability in certain scenarios, which leads to insufficient stability in power output. These challenges can be overcome through new friction material developments, novel device structure designs, and specific power utilization principles for different application scenarios.
The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials is aimed at presenting the latest research progress of TENGs, especially from a perspective of power management. We invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles on the current progress in power management for TENGs. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- TENGs with a high power density;
- TENG-based stress sensors with a high-precision and high anti-interference ability;
- TENG-based temperature sensors with a high-precision and high anti-interference ability;
- TENG-based biochemical sensors with high sensitivity and high specificity;
- TENG-based novel self-powered sensors;
- New friction material development and utilization;
- Structural design of TENG devices.
Dr. Jing Pan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- triboelectric nanogenerators
- self-powered sensing
- stress sensors
- temperature sensors
- biochemical sensors
- friction materials development
- energy conversion devices design
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