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3DāPrinted Triboelectric Nanogenerators: State of the Art, Applications, and Challenges
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) development is undergoing rapid progress utilizing the stateāofātheāart 3Dāprinting technologies. Herein a critical analysis of the latest developments in 3Dāprinted wearable and implantable TENGs that can be used to energize small portable electronic and biomedical devices is presented. Recent progress in 3Dāprinted triboelectric nanogenerator (3DPāTENG) materials and architectural formations, as well as their performance, is evaluated for powering systems that implement physiological monitoring, multifunctional sensing, electronic energizing, noise canceling, dust filtering, and selfāhealing. Furthermore, the review explicitly focuses on the 3Dāprinting approaches used to form stable and robust 3DPāTENGs. In addition, the key challenges to improving the performance of 3DPāTENGs for optimal energy harvesting are discussed, and a roadmap is given for research and translation to commercial markets in the next decade