An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed

Xia, Yang; Tian, Yun; Zhang, Lanbin; Ma, Zhihao; Dai, Huliang; Meng, Bo; Peng, Zhengchun

doi:10.3390/mi12040366

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An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed

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Yang Xia

^1,2,†,

Yun Tian

^1,†,

Lanbin Zhang

³,

Zhihao Ma

¹,

Huliang Dai

³,

Bo Meng

^1,*

and

Zhengchun Peng

¹

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²

School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

³

Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Micromachines 2021, 12(4), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040366

Submission received: 2 March 2021 / Revised: 25 March 2021 / Accepted: 26 March 2021 / Published: 29 March 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Self-Powered Smart Systems)

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Abstract

We present an optimized flutter-driven triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) for wind energy harvesting. The vibration and power generation characteristics of this TENG are investigated in detail, and a low cut-in wind speed of 3.4 m/s is achieved. It is found that the air speed, the thickness and length of the membrane, and the distance between the electrode plates mainly determine the PTFE membrane’s vibration behavior and the performance of TENG. With the optimized value of the thickness and length of the membrane and the distance of the electrode plates, the peak open-circuit voltage and output power of TENG reach 297 V and 0.46 mW at a wind speed of 10 m/s. The energy generated by TENG can directly light up dozens of LEDs and keep a digital watch running continuously by charging a capacitor of 100 μF at a wind speed of 8 m/s.

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerator; flutter-driven; energy harvesting; wind energy

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Xia, Y.; Tian, Y.; Zhang, L.; Ma, Z.; Dai, H.; Meng, B.; Peng, Z. An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed. Micromachines 2021, 12, 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040366

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Xia Y, Tian Y, Zhang L, Ma Z, Dai H, Meng B, Peng Z. An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed. Micromachines. 2021; 12(4):366. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040366

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Xia, Yang, Yun Tian, Lanbin Zhang, Zhihao Ma, Huliang Dai, Bo Meng, and Zhengchun Peng. 2021. "An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed" Micromachines 12, no. 4: 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040366

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Xia, Y., Tian, Y., Zhang, L., Ma, Z., Dai, H., Meng, B., & Peng, Z. (2021). An Optimized Flutter-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator with a Low Cut-In Wind Speed. Micromachines, 12(4), 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040366

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