Radial-arrayed rotary electrification for high performance triboelectric generator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Guang ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^b   Zhang, Tiejun ^b   Jing, Qingshen ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE; TAP WATER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COST; DENSITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENERATOR; ILLUMINATION; IMPEDANCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; THICKNESS; WATER FLOW; WIND;

EID: 84895830368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4426     Document Type: Article

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