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Self-powered versatile shoes based on hybrid nanogenerators

Show Author's Information Long Liu1,2,§,  Wei Tang1,2,§,  Chaoran Deng1,2,§,  Baodong Chen1,2,  Kai Han1,2,  Wei Zhong1,2,  Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( )
CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceBeijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and SensorBeijing Institute of Nanoenergy and NanosystemsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100083China
School of Nanoscience and TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
School of Materials Science and EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA30332-0245USA

§ Long Liu, Wei Tang, and Chaoran Deng contributed equally to this work.

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triboelectric nanogenerators, electromagnetic generators, hybrid nanogenerators
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Liu L, Tang W, Deng C, et al. Self-powered versatile shoes based on hybrid nanogenerators. Nano Research, 2018, 11(8): 3972-3978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-1978-z
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A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and an electromagnetic generator (EMG) were hybridized to harvest the human mechanical energy. By an effective conjunction of triboelectrification and electromagnetic induction, the hybridized nanogenerator with a radius of 2 cm and height of 1.2 cm could charge a 1, 000 μF capacitor to 5.09 V after 100 cycles of vibration. This mini-sized hybrid nanogenerator could then be embedded in shoes to serve as an energy cell. Typical outdoor applications—including driving with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device, charging a Li-ion battery and a cell phone—were successfully demonstrated, suggesting its potential application in smart wearable electronics and future suits of soldiers.


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Self-powered versatile shoes based on hybrid nanogenerators

Show Author's information Long Liu1,2,§, Wei Tang1,2,§, Chaoran Deng1,2,§, Baodong Chen1,2, Kai Han1,2, Wei Zhong1,2, Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( )
CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceBeijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and SensorBeijing Institute of Nanoenergy and NanosystemsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100083China
School of Nanoscience and TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
School of Materials Science and EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA30332-0245USA

§ Long Liu, Wei Tang, and Chaoran Deng contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and an electromagnetic generator (EMG) were hybridized to harvest the human mechanical energy. By an effective conjunction of triboelectrification and electromagnetic induction, the hybridized nanogenerator with a radius of 2 cm and height of 1.2 cm could charge a 1, 000 μF capacitor to 5.09 V after 100 cycles of vibration. This mini-sized hybrid nanogenerator could then be embedded in shoes to serve as an energy cell. Typical outdoor applications—including driving with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device, charging a Li-ion battery and a cell phone—were successfully demonstrated, suggesting its potential application in smart wearable electronics and future suits of soldiers.

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerators, electromagnetic generators, hybrid nanogenerators

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Received: 02 November 2017
Revised: 27 December 2017
Accepted: 29 December 2017
Published: 09 February 2018
Issue date: August 2018

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The authors acknowledge the support from the National Key R & D Project from Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2016YFA0202704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51432005, 5151101243, and 51561145021), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (No. Y3993113DF), the "Thousands Talents" program for pioneer researcher, and their innovation team in China.

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