Sponge-Templated Macroporous Graphene Network for Piezoelectric ZnO Nanogenerator

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 20753-20760

  Li, Xinda ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Nychka, John A ^a   Chung, Hyun Joong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydrothermal synthesis; piezoelectric nanogenerator; reduced graphene oxide; sponge templated macroporous network; zinc oxide nanowire

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; GRAPHENE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SILICONES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; ZINC;

CONVENTIONAL GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATORS; MACROPOROUS; PIEZOELECTRIC NANOGENERATOR; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES;

ZINC OXIDE;

GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PORIFERA; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84942284181     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05702     Document Type: Article

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