Journal of Energy Chemistry ›› 2023, Vol. 79 ›› Issue (4): 477-488.DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.12.024

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Advances in self-powered sports monitoring sensors based on triboelectric nanogenerators

Fengxin Suna, Yongsheng Zhua, Changjun Jiaa, Tianming Zhaod,e, Liang Chub,*, Yupeng Maoa,c,*   

  1. aPhysical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, China;
    bInstitute of Carbon Neutrality and New Energy & School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China;
    cSchool of Strength and Conditioning Training, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China;
    dState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning, China;
    eInstitutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2022-10-08 Revised:2022-12-06 Accepted:2022-12-14 Online:2023-04-15 Published:2023-05-30
  • Contact: * E-mail addresses: chuliang@hdu.edu.cn (L. Chu), maoyupeng@pe.neu.edu.cn (Y. Mao).
  • About author:Fengxin Sun received his Bachelor from Northeastern Electric Power University in 2021. Now, he is a post-graduate at Northeastern University. His research interests include the theory of sports pedagogy, training and human motion monitoring.
    Yongsheng Zhu received his Bachelor from Northeast-ern University in 2020. Now, he is a postgraduate at Northeastern University. His research interests include sports humanistic sociology and human motion moni-toring.
    Changjun Jia received his Bachelor from Northeastern University in 2020. Now, he is a postgraduate at Northeastern University. His research interests include the theory of sports pedagogy, training and human motion monitoring.
    Tianming Zhao is currently a researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. degree from the College of Science, North-eastern University, China in 2022. His research interests include energy conversion devices, nanomaterials, functional materials and nanogenerators.
    Liang Chu received his PhD from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2014. Now he is a full professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University. His research interests are semiconductor physics and nanodevices.
    Yupeng Mao is an associate professor of Northeastern University. His research focuses on human motion monitoring, physical quality of college students and competitive performance of Winter Olympic events.

Abstract: The new era of the internet of things brings great opportunities to the field of intelligent sports. The col-lection and analysis of sports data are becoming more intelligent driven by the widely-distributed sens-ing network system. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can collect and convert energy as self-powered sensors, overcoming the limitations of external power supply, frequent power replacement and high-cost maintenance. Herein, we introduce the working modes and principles of TENGs, and then summarize the recent advances in self-powered sports monitoring sensors driven by TENGs in sports equipment facilities, wearable equipment and competitive sports specialities. We discuss the existing issues, i.e., device stability, material sustainability, device design rationality, textile TENG cleanability, sports sensors safety, kinds and manufacturing of sports sensors, and data collection comprehensiveness, and finally, propose the countermeasures. This work has practical significance to the current TENG appli-cations in sports monitoring, and TENG-based sensing technology will have a broad prospect in the field of intelligent sports in the future.

Key words: Triboelectric nanogenerator, Wearable energy sensors, Sport monitoring