Chemical modification of polymer surfaces for advanced triboelectric nanogenerator development

Extreme Mechanics Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 514-530

  Yu, Yanhao ^a   Wang, Xudong ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical energy harvesting; Polymer surfaces; Surface modification; Triboelectric nanogenerator

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; NANOGENERATORS; POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MODIFICATION OF POLYMERS; NANOGENERATOR; POLYMER SURFACES; SURFACE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TRIBOELECTRIFICATION;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

EID: 84960968279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2016.02.019     Document Type: Review

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