title: Triboelectrification-Enabled Self-Powered Detection and Removal of Heavy Metal Ions in Wastewater.
abstract: A fundamentally new working principle into the field of self-powered heavy-metal-ion detection and removal using the triboelectrification effect is introduced. The as-developed tribo-nanosensors can selectively detect common heavy metal ions. The water-driven triboelectric nanogenerator is taken as a sustainable power source for heavy-metal-ion removal by recycling the kinetic energy from flowing wastewater.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.|Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textiles, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhaoling
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Hengyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Min-Hsin
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textiles, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chongwen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.|Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhong Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D004560:Electricity; D004566:Electrodes; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016062:Porosity; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: detection; heavy metal ions; removal; self-powered; triboelectrification