Effective energy storage from a triboelectric nanogenerator

Yunlong Zi; Jie Wang; Sihong Wang; Shengming Li; Zhen Wen; Hengyu Guo; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1038/ncomms10987

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Effective energy storage from a triboelectric nanogenerator

Yunlong Zi,
Jie Wang,
Sihong Wang,
Shengming Li,
Zhen Wen,
Hengyu Guo,
Zhong Lin Wang

Affiliations

Yunlong Zi: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jie Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sihong Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shengming Li: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhen Wen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hengyu Guo: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhong Lin Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10987
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Self-charging systems based on the connection of a nanogenerator and an energy storage unit through a rectifier can have low energy storage efficiencies. Here, the authors design the charging cycle to maximize the energy storage efficiency of a triboelectric nanogenerator by introducing a motion-induced switch.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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