Triboelectric nanogenerators enabled smart wearables for health monitoring

Hasan M. Z., Akter A., Luo L., Motaleb K. A., Ünal M., Sha S., ...Daha Fazla

Chemical Engineering Journal, cilt.545, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 545
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.178369
  • Dergi Adı: Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, INSPEC, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Engineering Source (EBSCO)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Health monitoring, Smart textiles, Triboelectric nanogenerator, Wearable
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are promising mechanical energy-harvesting systems that operate via contact electrification and electrostatic induction between dissimilar materials. Due to their attractive performance, including high adaptability, low density, mechanical flexibility, biocompatibility, and scalable fabrication, TENGs have attracted attention for wearable and implantable electronics. A critical challenge remains in integrating TENGs into functional devices without compromising expected material properties like mechanical robustness, breathability, and washability, which are basic requirements for healthcare applications. Owing to their low cost, simple structure, and lightweight properties, they have demonstrated considerable potential as self-powered systems for human health monitoring. This review summarizes recent progress in TENG-based healthcare technologies, classifying their applications according to device structure and functional use case. The structural designs, working principles, and performance metrics of different TENG configurations are compared, with emphasis on their performance in specific biomedical sensing scenarios. Finally, the remaining technical challenges, including long-term stability, signal accuracy, and biocompatibility, are analyzed, and future research prospects for implantable and wearable TENG-based self-powered systems are proposed.