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.
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.
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.
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.
