Flexible hybrid energy cell for simultaneously harvesting thermal, mechanical, and solar energies

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 785-790

  Yang, Ya ^a   Zhang, Hulin ^a   Zhu, Guang ^a   Lee, Sangmin ^a   Lin, Zong Hong ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

nanogenerator; piezoelectric; PVDF; pyroelectric; solar cell; ZnO

Indexed keywords

NANOGENERATOR; PIEZOELECTRIC; PVDF; PYROELECTRIC; ZNO;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872872166     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305247x     Document Type: Article

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