Self‐Powered Water Splitting Using Flowing Kinetic Energy
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By utilizing a water-flow-driven triboelectric nanogenerator, a fully self-powered water-splitting process is demonstrated using the electricity converted from a water flow without additional energy costs. Considering the extremely low costs, the demonstrated approach is universally applicable and practically usable for future water electrolysis, which may initiate a research direction in the field of triboelectrolysis and possibly impacts energy science in general.
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Once charged up to 4.5 V, the capacitor was discharged to produce H2 at the cathode and O2 at the anode.
“Once charged up to 4.5 V, the capacitor was discharged to produce H 2 at the cathode and O 2 at the anode, and Figure 6e shows the gas evolution.”
From Advances in Blue Energy Fuels: Harvesting Energy from Ocean for Self‐Powered Electrolysis (2025) · cites this paper as [231]
Tang et al. pioneered the first self-powered water-splitting system utilizing a TENG.
“Tang et al. [231] pioneered the development of the first selfpowered water-splitting system utilizing a TENG.”
From Advances in Blue Energy Fuels: Harvesting Energy from Ocean for Self‐Powered Electrolysis (2025) · cites this paper as [231]
The disk-shaped TENG generated electricity directly from water motion, eliminating the need for an external power source to drive the water-splitting system.
“The disk-shaped TENG generated electricity directly from water motion, eliminating the need for an external power source to drive the water-splitting system (Figure 6b).”
From Advances in Blue Energy Fuels: Harvesting Energy from Ocean for Self‐Powered Electrolysis (2025) · cites this paper as [231]
With a connected TENG rotating at 600 rpm, H2 was produced at a rate of 6.25 × 10-3 mL min-1 in a 30% KOH solution.
“With a connected TENG rotating at a speed of 600 rpm, H 2 was produced at a rate of 6.25 × 10 -3 mL min -1 in a 30% KOH solution (Figure 6c).”
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- Authors
- Tang, W., Han, Y., Han, C. B., Gao, C. Z., Cao, X., & Wang, Z. L.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Beihang University (CN)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cao, Xia
- Wang, Zhong Lin
- Venue
- Advanced Materials
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-11-20
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 272-276
- ISSN
- 0935-9648 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-4095
- OpenAlex
- W1996927369
- Cited by
- 223
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 16
- FWCI
- 11.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Materials (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Keywords
- triboelectric nanogenerator, water electrolysis, kinetic energy conversion
- MeSH terms
- Deuterium, Electrolysis, Equipment Design, Feasibility Studies, Hydroxides, Kinetics, Oxygen, Electric Power Supplies, Water, Potassium Compounds, Nanotechnology, Optical Imaging
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