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

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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
    Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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.

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  • Yunlong Zi & Simiao Niu & Jie Wang & Zhen Wen & Wei Tang & Zhong Lin Wang, 2015. "Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9376
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9376
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