JOURNAL ARTICLE

A facile mechanical energy harvester based on spring assisted triboelectric nanogenerators

Harris VargheseAchu Chandran

Year: 2021 Journal:   Sustainable Energy & Fuels Vol: 5 (20)Pages: 5287-5294   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

A facile, scalable and robust spring assisted TENG (Sa-TENG) based on PVDF and PMMA films is developed without any complex fabrication steps. The Sa-TENG generated an electrical output of 120 V and 150 μA m −2 from finger tapping force and powered various electronic devices.

Keywords:
Triboelectric effect Materials science Spring (device) Nanogenerator Fabrication Tapping Energy harvesting Optoelectronics Nanotechnology Electrical engineering Energy (signal processing) Composite material Mechanical engineering Engineering Physics

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Topics

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Conducting polymers and applications
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Polymers and Plastics
Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering

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