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Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Food Quality Monitoring: Mechanisms and Applications
Jinghan Zhang1, Feijie Wang1, Shiqiang Ouyang1
1Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Advanced Manufacturing Equipment Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|July 21, 2026
Summary
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) offer self-powered food safety monitoring by converting mechanical energy into electrical signals. This review explores TENG mechanisms and applications across the food supply chain for enhanced quality control.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Energy Harvesting
- Food Science
Background:
- Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are advanced self-powered sensors.
- They harvest mechanical energy for electrical signal generation.
- TENGs show promise for real-time food quality and safety monitoring.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review TENG energy conversion mechanisms.
- To explore recent advances in TENG sensing for the food supply chain.
- To provide guidance for developing self-powered food safety systems.
Main Methods:
- Summarizing four TENG operating modes and their signal conversion.
- Analyzing interface control strategies (mechanical, environmental, biological).
- Outlining TENG applications in food logistics, packaging, liquid analysis, and pathogen detection.
Main Results:
- TENGs generate electrical responses to stimuli throughout the food supply chain.
- Applications include damage monitoring, smart packaging, liquid quality analysis, and pathogen detection.
- Challenges like selectivity, stability, and integration are identified.
Conclusions:
- Functionalization, multimodal fusion, energy optimization, and ML-assisted analysis are proposed solutions.
- TENGs offer theoretical and technical guidance for self-powered food safety monitoring.
- Future TENG development should focus on enhanced sensitivity, intelligence, and integration.
