High-frequency mechanical energy harvester with direct current output from chemical potential difference

• Main Authors: Li, Shaoxin, Deng, Shuo, Xu, Ran, Liu, Di, Nan, Yang, Zhang, Zhiwei, Gao, Yikui, Lv, Haifei, Li, Min, Zhang, Qing, Wang, Jie, Wang, Zhong Lin
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Chemical Potential Difference Generator; Energy Harvester
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163351
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As an energy harvester that converts mechanical power into electrical energy, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with a pair of metallic and insulating electrodes can generate only the displacement current (Idis) in the electrodes, whereas a chemical potential difference generator (CPG) with a pai...