Triboelectric Nanogenerators in Military: Recent Progress and Critical Challenges

Changcheng Bao; Xiaoxia Ma; Min He; Li Yang; Yingting Wang

doi:10.1007/s40820-026-02221-9

Triboelectric Nanogenerators in Military: Recent Progress and Critical Challenges

Changcheng Bao
, Xiaoxia Ma^*
, Min He
, Li Yang
, Yingting Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Institute of Technology
The Institute of Precision Machinery and Smart Structure
Zhejiang Normal University

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Abstract

Recent advances of triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically reviewed across multiscale military platforms, including individual soldier systems, unmanned combat platforms, strategic equipment, and special tactical scenarios. Core advantages of triboelectric nanogenerators in structural-functional integration, extreme environment robustness, and synergy of self-powered energy supply and sensing for military demands are highlighted. Critical engineering bottlenecks are analyzed, and forward-looking directions (e.g., physical layer encryption, self-powered Internet of Military Things) are proposed to accelerate practical deployment.

Original language	English
Article number	396
Journal	Nano-Micro Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-026-02221-9
Publication status	Published - Dec 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Energy harvesting
Military
Self-powered sensing
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)

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