Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators

Yunlong Zi, Simiao Niu, Jie Wang, Zhen Wen, Wei Tang and Zhong Lin Wang ()
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Yunlong Zi: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Simiao Niu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jie Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhen Wen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Wei Tang: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhong Lin Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Triboelectric nanogenerators have been invented as a highly efficient, cost-effective and easy scalable energy-harvesting technology for converting ambient mechanical energy into electricity. Four basic working modes have been demonstrated, each of which has different designs to accommodate the corresponding mechanical triggering conditions. A common standard is thus required to quantify the performance of the triboelectric nanogenerators so that their outputs can be compared and evaluated. Here we report figure-of-merits for defining the performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator, which is composed of a structural figure-of-merit related to the structure and a material figure of merit that is the square of the surface charge density. The structural figure-of-merit is derived and simulated to compare the triboelectric nanogenerators with different configurations. A standard method is introduced to quantify the material figure-of-merit for a general surface. This study is likely to establish the standards for developing TENGs towards practical applications and industrialization.

Date: 2015
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