A Shared-Electrode and Nested-Tube Structure Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Motion Energy Harvesting
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material Preparation
2.2. Fabrication of the SNTN
2.3. Electrical Measurement of the SNTN
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Working Principle of the SNTN
3.2. Output Performance of the SNTN
3.3. Applications
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Tian, Z.; Shao, G.; Zhang, Q.; Geng, Y.; Chen, X. A Shared-Electrode and Nested-Tube Structure Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Motion Energy Harvesting. Micromachines 2019, 10, 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10100656
Tian Z, Shao G, Zhang Q, Geng Y, Chen X. A Shared-Electrode and Nested-Tube Structure Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Motion Energy Harvesting. Micromachines. 2019; 10(10):656. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10100656
Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Zhumei, Guicheng Shao, Qiong Zhang, Yanan Geng, and Xi Chen. 2019. "A Shared-Electrode and Nested-Tube Structure Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Motion Energy Harvesting" Micromachines 10, no. 10: 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10100656