Hybrid Electromagnetic and Triboelectric Nanogenerators with Multi-Impact for Wideband Frequency Energy Harvesting

Jianxiong Zhu, Aochen Wang, Haibing Hu and Hua Zhu
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Jianxiong Zhu: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy & Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Aochen Wang: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy & Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, China
Haibing Hu: Academy of Photoelectric Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Hua Zhu: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: We present a hybrid electromagnetic generator (EMG) and triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) using a multi-impact approach for broad-bandwidth-frequency (10–45 Hz) energy harvesting. The TENG and the EMG were located at the middle and the free end of the cantilever beam, respectively. When the system was subjected to an external vibration, the cantilever beam would be in a nonlinear response with multiple impacts from a low frequency oscillator. The mathematical model included a TENG oscillator which can have multiple impacts on the cantilever, and the nonlinear Lorenz force which comes from the motion of the coil in the electromagnetic field. Due to the strong nonlinearity of the impacts from the TENG oscillator and the limited space for the free tip of the cantilever, the dynamic response of the cantilever presented a much broader bandwidth, with a frequency range from 10–45 Hz. We also found that the average generated power from TENG and EMG can reach up to 30 ?W/m 2 and 53 ?W, respectively. Moreover, the dynamic responses of the hybrid EMG and TENG were carefully analyzed, and we found that the measured experimental results and the numerical simulations results were in good agreement.

Keywords: electromagnetic and triboelectric harvester; multi-impact; PTFE film; frequency up-conversion; nonlinear dynamic response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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