Paper-based methodology for investigation of triboelectric nanogenerators. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhu, Zhiyuan; Fu, Jiangmin; Xia, Kequan; lu, Jianguo; Zhang, Hongze; Lou, Haijun; Xu, Zhiwei
• Is Part Of: Energy reports. Volume 5(2019)
• Page Start: 393
• Page End: 397
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) -- Matching impedance; Power resources -- Periodicals; Energy industries -- Periodicals; Power resources; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 621.04205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2019.03.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2352-4847

Abstract

Abstract: Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been investigated as a promising methodology to harvest mechanical energy into electricity. The matching impedance and the transient property of TENGs are important for their practical application. In this work, we proposed novel paper-based methodology for investigation of TENGs. First, we propose a novel method for triggering transience of pencil-on-paper (POP)-TENGs using household microwave oven and commercial graphite pencil. Moreover, a fast, simple and cost-effective approach for measuring the matching impedance of TENG based on paper variable resistor is proposed. The results of this work are beneficial for simple, fast and cost-effective functionalization of TENGs.