Small-Scale Energy Harvesting from Environment by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Jie Wang, Linglin Zhou, Chunlei Zhang and Zhong Lin Wang

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Abstract: The increasing needs to power trillions of sensors and devices for the Internet of Things require effective technology to harvest small-scale energy from renewable natural resources. As a new energy technology, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can harvest ambient mechanical energy and convert it into electricity for powering small electronic devices continuously. In this chapter, the fundamental working mechanism and fundamental modes of a TENG will be presented. It can harvest all kinds of mechanical energy, especially at low frequencies, such as human motion, walking, vibration, mechanical triggering, rotating tire, wind, moving automobile, flowing water, rain drops, ocean waves, and so on. Such variety of energy harvesting methods promises TENG as a new approach for small-scale energy harvesting.

Keywords: mechanical energy harvesting; triboelectric nanogenerators; biomechanical energy; vibration energy; wind energy; water energy; self-powered system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83703

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