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. 2022 Apr 15;12(8):1366. doi: 10.3390/nano12081366

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TENGs as in vivo energy harvesters. (a) In vivo power source for pacemaker driven by breathing. (i) The structure diagram of the implanted TENG (iTENG). (ii) Schematic diagram of iTENG for powering a pacemaker. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [144]. Copyright 2014 John Wiley & Sons. (b) In vivo self-powered wireless cardiac monitoring driven by heartbeat. (i) Structure diagram of the implanted TENG (iTENG). (ii) The self-powered wireless transmission system based on the iTENG. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [3]. Copyright 2016 American Chemical Society. (c) In vivo breath energy harvester. (i) Structure diagram of the implantable generator (i-NG). (ii) The i-NG for in vivo breath energy harvesting. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [105]. Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. (d) TENG integrated with a hybrid biofuel cell (EHES) for bioenergy harvesting. (i) Conception graph of an implanted HEHS for biomechanical and biochemical energy in body. (ii) Structure diagram of the TENG and biofuel cell. Reprinted from Ref. [51]. Copyright 2020 Springer.