A Triboelectric Energy Harvester Using Low-Cost, Flexible, and Biocompatible Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1338-1345

  Hassani, Faezeh Arab ^a,b   Lee, Chengkuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bio compatible; energy harvesting; flexible electronics; low cost; triboelectricity

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY HARVESTING; ETHYLENE; TRIBOELECTRICITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; ENERGY HARVESTER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; LOW COSTS; PATTERNING METHODS; ROLL TO ROLL;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

EID: 84959483316     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2403256     Document Type: Article

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