Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Advances and Perspectives
- 1st Edition - November 12, 2025
- Editors: Shahid Ul Islam, Md. Milon Hossain, Daniel Mulvihill, S. Wazed Ali, Satyaranjan Bairagi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 7 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 7 5 - 1
Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Advances and Perspectives presents the latest developments in triboelectric nanogenerators, covering current achieveme… Read more
Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Advances and Perspectives presents the latest developments in triboelectric nanogenerators, covering current achievements and applications, as well as potential future applications. The book identifies the key drawbacks to these devices and then proposes solutions in a systematic way. It presents a guide for material scientists, electrical and chemical engineers, and industry practitioners on the current state-of-the- art of this multidisciplinary research area, while also opening up important new avenues of research for the industry to further develop smart textile-based energy harvesting devices.
Readers will find comprehensive coverage of all types of textile- and fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators for application in wearable technologies and self-powered electronics. It also outlines the unique advantages of triboelectric nanogenerators, their design considerations and guidelines, and the key challenges in translating them from the lab into real-world applications, with a particular focus on applications in the fields of sensing, structural health monitoring, and energy harvesting.
- Introduces textile-based triboelectric materials used for harvesting energy from mechanical energy waste
- Covers fabrication of triboelectric nanogenerators in conventional textiles for the development of next-generation wearable energy harvesters
- Provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators and highlights current and potential applications
Materials researchers and scientists working at the interface of energy harvesting, textiles, and polymers related to wearable technology. Researchers in materials science, engineering, nanotechnology, and energy
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
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
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 12, 2025
- Language: English
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Shahid Ul Islam
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, IndiaMH
Md. Milon Hossain
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornel University, Ithaca, NY, USADM
Daniel Mulvihill
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Materials and Manufacturing Research Group, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, ScotlandSA
S. Wazed Ali
Dr. S. Wazed Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. After obtaining his Master and Ph.D. degree from IIT Delhi in 2006 and 2011, respectively he joined GE (General Electric) India Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd. (JFWTC), Bangalore as a ‘Research Scientist’. Subsequently he moved to SABIC Research and Technology Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore and worked as a ‘Scientist’ before joining IIT Delhi in 2014. His current research areas broadly include nanoparticle synthesis and application in textiles for value added products, green chemistry in textile finishing, fibrous structure for piezoelectric energy harvesting, etc. He has published numerous research articles in various international peer reviewed journals. At present, he is deeply involved in pursuing interdisciplinary research supported by public funding agencies, Govt. of India and various industries.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IndiaSB
Satyaranjan Bairagi
Satyaranjan Bairagi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Associate under a project funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. He completed his Ph.D. in Material Science (Smart Textiles) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India, in 2021. He has received “Distinction in Doctoral Thesis” award for the best PhD thesis. His area of research interest includes functional textiles, engineered materials for energy harvesting, polymers, smart textiles, nanocomposites, surface engineering, triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators, fabrication and characterization of functional materials: nanofibres and metal oxides. He has published several research articles in the research fields mentioned above.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland