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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 26, Issue 23, Pages 3788-3796Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400021
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- thousands talents program for pioneer researcher and his innovation team, China
- Beijing City Committee of science and technology projects [Z131100006013004, Z131100006013005]
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
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Effectively harvesting ambient mechanical energy is the key for realizing self-powered and autonomous electronics, which addresses limitations of batteries and thus has tremendous applications in sensor networks, wireless devices, and wearable/implantable electronics, etc. Here, a thin-film-based micro-grating triboelectric nanogenerator (MG-TENG) is developed for high-efficiency power generation through conversion of mechanical energy. The shape-adaptive MG-TENG relies on sliding electrification between complementary micro-sized arrays of linear grating, which offers a unique and straightforward solution in harnessing energy from relative sliding motion between surfaces. Operating at a sliding velocity of 10 m/s, a MG-TENG of 60 cm(2) in overall area, 0.2 cm(3) in volume and 0.6 g in weight can deliver an average output power of 3 W (power density of similar to 50 mW cm(-2) and 15 W cm(-3)) at an overall conversion efficiency of similar to 50%, making it a sufficient power supply to regular electronics, such as light bulbs. The scalable and cost-effective MG-TENG is practically applicable in not only harvesting various mechanical motions but also possibly power generation at a large scale.
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