Hydrogels as Soft Ionic Conductors in Flexible and Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators.

ABSTRACT: Flexible triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have attracted increasing interest since their advent in 2012. In comparison with other flexible electrodes, hydrogels possess transparency, stretchability, biocompatibility, and tunable ionic conductivity, which together provide great potential as current collectors in TENGs for wearable applications. The development of hydrogel-based TENGs (H-TENGs) is currently a burgeoning field but research efforts have lagged behind those of other common flexible TENGs. In order to spur research and development of this important area, a comprehensive review that summarizes recent advances and challenges of H-TENGs will be very useful to researchers and engineers in this emerging field. Herein, the advantages and types of hydrogels as soft ionic conductors

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9009134 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature