A non-resonant, gravity-induced micro triboelectric harvester to collect kinetic energy from low-frequency jiggling movements of human limbs

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Yingxian ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a,b   Wu, Xiaoming ^a   Qin, Jin ^a   Lu, Ruochen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

electrostatic induction; energy conversion; microelectromechanical devices; triboelectricity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LOAD RESISTANCES; LOW-FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 84903648382     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/24/6/065010     Document Type: Article

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