A spring-based resonance coupling for hugely enhancing the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting low-frequency vibration energy

Nano Energy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 287-293

  Wu, Changsheng ^a   Liu, Ruiyuan ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Zi, Yunlong ^a   Lin, Long ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical amplifier; Resonance coupling; Triboelectric nanogenerators; Vibration energy

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; LOW FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; MECHANICAL AMPLIFIER; NANOGENERATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATORS; RESONANCE COUPLINGS; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 85008403684     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.12.061     Document Type: Article

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