Multilayered electret films based triboelectric nanogenerator

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1442-1451

  Zhou, Tao ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a   Xue, Fei ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

corona charging; electret; energy harvesting; thin film; triboelectric nanogenerator

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRETS; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOGENERATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SURFACE CHARGE; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; CORONA CHARGING; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; NANOGENERATOR; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); PORTABLE ELECTRONICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84961813299     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1040-y     Document Type: Article

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