Title :
A super-flexible and lightweight membrane for energy harvesting
Author :
Mengdi Han ; Bocheng Yu ; Xiaoliang Cheng ; Bo Meng ; Haixia Zhang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Sci. & Technol. on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper presents a super-flexible and lightweight membrane for energy harvesting. Based on the combined effect of contact electrification and electrostatic induction, a triboelectric energy harvester (TEH) was designed, simulated, fabricated, and tested. Thanks to the specially designed structure and electrode pattern, this super-flexible TEH can produce root mean square (RMS) voltage of 33.8 V and average power of 40.7 μW. Moreover, this membrane is capable of harvesting multi-type mechanical energy, including different motion styles and various contacted materials.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; least mean squares methods; membranes; static electrification; triboelectricity; RMS voltage; TEH; contact electrification; electrostatic induction; energy harvesting; lightweight membrane; root mean square voltage; super-flexible membrane; triboelectric energy harvester; Electric potential; Electrodes; Energy harvesting; Fabrication; Gold; Performance evaluation; Silicon; Energy harvesting; contact electrification; flexible; triboelectric;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
DOI :
10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7180859
