On the 20th and 21st of January 2026, GRAPHERGIA took part in the Tribo-Energy & Sensing 2026 (TE&S’26) conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The project was represented by our partner Université Gustave Eiffel (UGE), with the team led by Philippe Basset, Professor at ESIEE Paris.
During the event, Sera Jeon, post-doctoral researcher in Basset’s research group from ESYCOM lab, gave a talk co-authored with Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), entitled “In-operando electrical characterisation of triboelectric nanogenerators”. In addition, Philippe Basset offered the keynote presentation “Power management system for high-efficiency triboelectric nanogenerators”. Both talks are related to GRAPHERGIA’s Work Package (WP) 4 ‘Advanced electrical modelling and efficient power management of TENGs for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing IoT applications’, led by UGE, and reached an audience of 110 stakeholders.
Professor Basset reflected on the impact of GRAPHERGIA’s participation in the event:
“This conference, which brings together researchers in tribology and those working on TENG, was a unique opportunity to discuss new solutions for sensors and autonomous power supply using the triboelectric effect” – Philippe Basset, Professor at Université Gustave Eiffel.
TE&S’26 was also an occasion to meet with Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan from Cambridge University / Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, who works on wear-resistant smart textiles using nylon triboelectric yarns.
More about TE&S’26: Tribo-Energy & Sensing 2026
Tribo-Energy & Sensing 2026 (TE&S’26) is an international, two-day conference focused on the science, engineering, and applications of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) with a strong emphasis on their intersection with tribology, energy harvesting, sensing, and real-world applications.
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are an emerging energy-harvesting technology that converts mechanical energy -typically from contact, friction, or motion at interfaces, e.g., vibrations, rotation, human activity, or natural environmental forces- into electricity by exploiting triboelectrification (charge transfer between surfaces) and electrostatic induction. Their scientific significance lies in extending classical electrodynamics by introducing the concept of motion-induced displacement current, which advances the understanding of contact electrification and mechano-electrical energy conversion at micro-and nanoscales. TENGs also provide a versatile research platform for exploring interfacial charge transfer, frictional phenomena, and coupling between mechanical deformation and electronic processes, inspiring new fields such as tribotronics and contact-electro-catalysis.