Comparative Study of Triboelectric Nanogenerators with Differently Woven Cotton Textiles for Wearable Electronics

Jaebum Jeong1,2, Jin-Hyuk Kwon3, Kyungmin Lim2

  • 1Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 89, Yangdaegiro-gil, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 31056, Korea.

Polymers
|September 6, 2019
PubMed

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