Achieving ultrahigh triboelectric charge density for efficient energy harvesting

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Jie ^a,b   Wu, Changsheng ^b   Dai, Yejing ^b,c   Zhao, Zhihao ^c   Wang, Aurelia ^b   Zhang, Tiejun ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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COPPER;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

AIR; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENERGY YIELD; METHODOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACUUM;

EID: 85025457008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00131-4     Document Type: Article

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