A single-electrode based triboelectric nanogenerator as self-powered tracking system

Ya Yang; Yu Sheng Zhou; Hulin Zhang; Ying Liu; Sangmin Lee; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1002/adma.201302453

A single-electrode based triboelectric nanogenerator as self-powered tracking system

Adv Mater. 2013 Dec 3;25(45):6594-601. doi: 10.1002/adma.201302453. Epub 2013 Oct 25.

Authors

Ya Yang¹, Yu Sheng Zhou, Hulin Zhang, Ying Liu, Sangmin Lee, Zhong Lin Wang

Affiliation

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.

PMID: 24166972
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302453

Abstract

A newly designed triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is demonstrated based on a contact-separation process between an Al foil and a finite size polyamide (PA) film. The working mechanism is based on charge transfer between the Al foil and ground. A 4×4 matrix of TENG array can be used for tracking motion by recording the output voltages signals in real-time to form a pressure map.

Keywords: polyamide; polytetrafluoroethylene; self-powerd system; tracking system; triboelectric nanogenerator.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't