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. 2020 Mar 10;2020:8710686. doi: 10.34133/2020/8710686

Table 4.

The summarization for the development of wearable sensors based on NGs.

Type feature Tactile sensors Motion sensors Strain sensors Others
Size (cm) 1.5 × 1.5 [124]
1 × 1 [128]
2 × 1.5 [129]
6 × 3 [130]
5 × 5 [131]
7.1 (Φ) [119]
150 [133]
2 × 6 [134]
10 × 6 [135]
0.01 (thick) [136]
20.32 × 29.46 [137]
3 × 1.6 [138]
1 × 1 [106]
2 × 1.8 [109]
2 × 1 [139]
1 × 2.5 [141]
5 × 5 [143]
7.5 × 5 [106]
25 [145]
1.5 × 1.5 [107]
2.5 × 3 [116]
2 × 3 [147]
3.5 × 3.5 [148]

Sensitivity/output voltage 0.99 V·kPa−1 [128]
0.39-1.46 V·N−1 [129]
Uniaxial strain 1160% [132]
0.06 V·N−1 [133]
45.5 mV·K−1 [134]
Over 2000 V·m−2 [137]
72 V/ε (ε = ΔL/L0) [138]
2.0 V [106]
29.4 mV [139]
0.16 W·m−2 [143]
49.7 V [143]
1.2 V [144]
0.55 V·kPa−1 and 0.1 V·°C−1 [107]
<0.1 K and >28.9 kPa−1 [147]
42 V [148]

Position/accessory Finger [124126, 128]
Finger skin [127]
Finger and hand [129]
Hand [131, 132]
Wrist [130]
Hand and chest [119]
Sock [133]
Elbow and wrist [134]
Arm and leg [135]
Wrist, foot, elbow, knee [137]
Cap or jaw [138]
Joint [106]
Forearm, shirt, pants [109]
Abdomen [117]
Thumb and wrist [140]
Finger [141, 144]
Cotton glove [142]
Finger, elbow, arm, knee [143]
Elbow, leg, neck [106]
Respirator [108, 145, 148]
Finger [107]
Waist and abdomen [116]
Hand and fingertip [147]

Flexibility Yes [124132] Yes [133138]
None [119]
Yes [109, 117, 140144]
None [106, 139]
Yes [108, 118, 147]
None [107, 108, 145, 148]

Stretchability Yes [124126, 129132]
None [127, 128]
Yes [135, 138]
None [119, 133, 134, 136, 137]
Yes [117, 140144]
None [106, 109, 139]
Yes [106, 147]
None [107, 109, 110, 118, 148]

Types of nanogenerator PENG [128, 132]
TENG [125127, 129131]
PYENG [124]
TENG [135, 136, 138]
Hybrid [119, 133, 134, 137]
PENG [139, 144]
TENG [106, 109, 140143]
Hybrid [117]
TENG [107110]
PYENG [147, 148]
Hybrid [116]