Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Shahid Ul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He works at the interface of materials science and textile engineering, with an emphasis on the functionalization of textile and polymeric materials for use in different applications. Milon Hossain is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Teaching Innovation and Postdoctoral Research in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. His current research focuses on smart/e-textiles, nanomaterials, flexible electronics, bioelectronics, conductive polymers, nanocomposites, and textile technology. Daniel M. Mulvihill is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering, Scotland. His research interests are mainly focused on materials engineering, tribology and materials for energy applications. Wazed Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research areas broadly include nanofibrous web for energy, nanocomposite-based flexible triboelectric materials, and green chemistry in textiles. Satyaranjan Bairagi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. His research interests include development of nanotechnology-based piezoelectric and triboelectric materials for nanogenerators, as well as textile-based flexible advanced materials for renewable energy harvesting.

Part 1: Fundamentals 1. Introduction to triboelectric nanogenerators 2. Textile-based TENG working modes 3. Materials and preparation methods 4. Recent Advances in Fabrication methods 5. Performance Enhancement Strategies 6. Power management strategies Part 2: Fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators 7. Single fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators 8. Core-shell yarn-based triboelectric nanogenerators 9. Solution or wet spun fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators Part 3: Fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators 10. Woven fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators 11. Knitted fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators 12. Braided fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators Part 4: Nanofibrous triboelectric nanogenerators 13. Triboelectric nanogenerator based on single polymers 14. Triboelectric nanogenerator based on polymeric nanocomposite 15. Triboelectric nanogenerator based on multiple layered TENG Part 5: Applications of Triboelectric nanogenerators 16. Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators as sensor device (SD) 17. Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators as energy harvesting device (EHD) 18. Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators for structural health monitoring (SHM) 19. Challenges and future direction