Abstract
Internet of Things (IoTs) is the third revolution in the information technology industry. Through information sensing equipment, IoTs realize the interconnection between “things and things” and “things and Internet”, and the “management, control, and operation” of “everything” are integrated. With the explosive growth of the use of electronics, for the sake of realizing the continuous operation of IoTs, a new form of energy source is urgently needed to provide a continuous and reliable power supply for a large number of widely distributed sensing devices. The proposal and design of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) provide new inspiration for IoT power sources. This chapter presents recent advances in TENG based self-powered systems for IoT sensing nodes, wireless transmission modules, and different IoT applications. TENG self-powered sensor nodes for detecting different signals, including pressure, motion, sound, light, temperature, humidity, gas, and ion concentration, are expounded, and sensing principles are discussed in detail. Several methods of using TENG to realize self-powered wireless communication (Bluetooth, magnetic resonance coupling, electric field resonance, discharge displacement current) are summarized to promote information transmission in IoTs. In the end, an overview of the applications of TENG in various IoT scenarios (medical, transportation, industrial engineering, agriculture, environmental monitoring, and artificial intelligence) is provided here.
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Wen, Z., Gao, Z., Sun, X. (2023). Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Self-Powered Sensors for Internet of Things. In: Wang, Z.L., Yang, Y., Zhai, J., Wang, J. (eds) Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05722-9_47-1
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