Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)—Sparking an Energy and Sensor Revolution

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202000137 different materials that would be electrically charged after being separated. But TE and CE have significant differences. CE occurs just by physical contact of the two materials without rubbing one against the other, but TE is usually inseparably involving friction by rubbing two materials one on the other. Therefore, TE is a “convolution” of two processes between tribology and CE, so that they are inseparable in conventional understanding. We have recently pointed out that CE is a physical effect in science, while TE is an engineering practice that may involve friction and debris.[3] As for the case of solid–solid, CE is defined as a quantum mechanical electron transfer process that occurs for any materials, in any states (solid, liquid, gas), in any application environment, and in a wide range of temperature up to ≈400 °C. Such an effect is universal and is fundamentally unique in nature.

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