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ReviewSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Recent Advances in Moisture-Electric Nanogenerators: From Moisture-Enabled Electrification to Practical Applications.

Xiangming Dai, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer, Dewei Chu, Jin Zhang

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Review in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiangming DaiSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ainsworth Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Nathaniel CorriganCentre For Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CfAMT), School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Cyrille BoyerSchool of Chemical Engineering, Building E8, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Dewei ChuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Hilmer Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jin ZhangSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ainsworth Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

ARC through a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE240100917Australian Research Council (ARC) through Future Fellowship FT230100116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global energy shortage continues to raise energy prices and cause an imbalance between supply and demand of oil, gas and electricity. This ongoing worldwide energy crisis highlights the urgent need for exploiting more renewable and clean energy from natural resources while simultaneously minimizing the carbon footprint. Moisture-electric nanogenerators (MEGs) have emerged as a novel method for energy harvesting, utilizing the ubiquity, sustainability, and portability of atmospheric moisture, and overcoming regional restrictions for thermal, solar, or mechanical energy inputs. By exchanging intermolecular bonding energy when ionizing moisture into electrical output through deliberately fabricated hygroscopic materials, MEGs can have diverse applications, including self-powered sensors and low-power sources used for humidity sensing, respiration monitoring, etc. This review covers the construction, materials, and mechanisms of the MEGs, the recent progress in cutting-edge innovations in moisture-responsive materials for boosting electrical outputs, followed by discussions of practical MEG applications. The outlook for further development of MEGs is also provided, along with the predicted increase in use cases of this promising clean energy-harvesting approach.

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electrical outputmoisture‐electric generationnanomaterialssustainable energy

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PMID41723834
PMCPMC12994559

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