Triboelectric Nanogenerators (Yunlong Zi)

Comprehensive resource on the fundamentals, recent research developments, and applications of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)
 
Triboelectric Nanogenerators delivers a comprehensive overview of a lightweight, low cost, and high-efficiency sustainable mechanical energy harvesting technique that draws from the ambient environment and has high output and extremely flexible structural designs.
 
The book starts with an introduction on triboelectric nanogenerator technology, then continues to discuss the latest fundamental studies about TENGs, including models of triboelectric effect, the discharge effect, and standardized evaluation. The next part explains new output performance promotion of TENGs for power generation applications, including output promotion through multiple methods, as well as power management and effective energy storage. The last part explores new concepts inspired by the field of TENGs, including applications in sensing, actuation, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and smart cities.
 
Written by a team of highly qualified academics with significant research experience in the field, Triboelectric Nanogenerators includes information on:
 
* Triboelectric charge generation and discharge, highlighting how electrostatic energy is often wasted
* Energy potential of TENGs in comparison to other sources such as lithium-ion batteries and other types of batteries
* Methods to promote and configure output performance, such as through gas environments, liquid-solid interfaces, and electromechanical structures
* High-voltage output from TENGs and its potential for new applications in areas such as breakdown charge triggering, electrospraying, field emissions, and others
 
Triboelectric Nanogenerators is an essential reference for scientists, engineers, students, and professionals in related fields seeking to understand this exciting energy harvesting technique and gain all of the knowledge needed to help further progress in the field.

Prof. Yunlong Zi is in Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2017. Dr. Zi received his Ph.D. in Physics from Purdue University in 2014; his Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009. Before joining CUHK, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology during 2014-2017. His current research interests mainly focus on high-efficiency mechanical energy harvesting through triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG), triboelectric effect, discharge, tribo-photonics, TENG triggered high-voltage applications, and self-powered systems. As the 1st and corresponding author, his research studies have been published in top-notch journals. He was honored as the winner of MRS Postdoctoral Award by Materials Research Society in 2017, as the first recipient from Georgia Tech; Vebleo Fellow 2021; MINE Young Investigator Finalist in 2018; and one of 5 students who are transformation makers as highlighted in Purdue homepage in 2013.
 
Hengyu Guo, Chongqing University.
 
Jie Wang, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (BINN), CAS.
 
Chi Zhang, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (BINN), CAS.
 
Xiangyu Chen, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (BINN), CAS.
 
Qing Zhao received her bachelor's degree in Physics from Chongqing Normal University in China in 2022. Currently, she is a postgraduate student in Chongqing University. Her current research interests are mechanism of triboelectric nanogenerator and self-powered sensor based on triboelectric nanogenerator.
 

 

Buch (Hardcover), Englisch, 320 Seiten