Supercapacitors articles within Nature Communications

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• Article
  28 September 2016 | Open Access

  Sustainably powering wearable electronics solely by biomechanical energy

  Harvesting bio-mechanical energy is a promising route to powering wearable electronics, however design obstacles remain. Here the authors report on a triboelectric nanogenerator with optimized materials and design that can sustainably power an electronic watch and fitness tracker solely by human motion.

  • Jie Wang
  • , Shengming Li
  •  & Zhong Lin Wang

• Review Article
  07 September 2016 | Open Access

  Multidimensional materials and device architectures for future hybrid energy storage

  With the continued miniaturization of electronics, there are increasing efforts to engineer small, powerful energy storage devices. Here the authors review the cutting edge of this rapidly developing field, highlighting the most promising materials and architectures for our future energy storage requirements.

  • Maria R. Lukatskaya
  • , Bruce Dunn
  •  & Yury Gogotsi