Sustainably powering wearable electronics solely by biomechanical energy

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Jie ^a,b   Li, Shengming ^a   Yi, Fang ^a   Zi, Yunlong ^a   Lin, Jun ^b   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Youlong ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUEL CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMECHANICAL ENERGY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; JOGGING; SHOE; SURFACE CHARGE; SUSTAINABLY POWERING WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATOR; WALKING;

EID: 84989261247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12744     Document Type: Article

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