All-Elastomer-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator as a Keyboard Cover to Harvest Typing Energy

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 7973-7981

  Li, Shengming ^a,b   Peng, Wenbo ^b   Wang, Jie ^b   Lin, Long ^b   Zi, Yunlong ^b   Zhang, Gong ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

biomechanical energy harvesting; elastomeric materials; high flexibility; keyboard cover; triboelectric nanogenerator

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ELASTOMERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POLYPYRROLES; SMARTPHONES; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETERS; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; KEYBOARD COVER; NANOGENERATOR; SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS; TRANSFERRED CHARGES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84983401913     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b03926     Document Type: Article

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