Freestanding triboelectric-layer-based nanogenerators for harvesting energy from a moving object or human motion in contact and non-contact modes

Sihong Wang; Yannan Xie; Simiao Niu; Long Lin; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1002/adma.201305303

Freestanding triboelectric-layer-based nanogenerators for harvesting energy from a moving object or human motion in contact and non-contact modes

Adv Mater. 2014 May;26(18):2818-24. doi: 10.1002/adma.201305303. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Sihong Wang¹, Yannan Xie, Simiao Niu, Long Lin, Zhong Lin Wang

Affiliation

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0245, USA.

PMID: 24449058
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201305303

Abstract

For versatile mechanical energy harvesting from arbitrary moving objects such as humans, a new mode of triboelectric nanogenerator is developed based on the sliding of a freestanding triboelectric-layer between two stationary electrodes on the same plane. With two electrodes alternatively approached by the tribo-charges on the sliding layer, electricity is effectively generated due to electrostatic induction. A unique feature of this nanogenerator is that it can operate in non-contact sliding mode, which greatly increases the lifetime and the efficiency of such devices.

Keywords: freestanding triboelectric layer; mechanical energy harvesting; non-contact sliding mode; self-powering technology; triboelectric nanogenerator.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Electric Power Supplies*
Energy Transfer*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Friction
Membranes, Artificial*
Microelectrodes*
Models, Theoretical
Motion
Movement*
Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
Static Electricity
Transducers*

Substances

Membranes, Artificial