Piezoelectric and semiconducting coupled power generating process of a single ZnO belt/wire. A technology for harvesting electricity from the environment

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1656-1662

  Song, Jinhui ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION FORCE; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; IONIC CHARGES; PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOSENSORS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONIC CONDUCTION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOTUBE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTORS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 33748313341     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl060820v     Document Type: Article

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