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Triboelectric nanogenerator with mechanical switch and clamp circuit for low ripple output

Show Author's Information Xin Yu1,2,  Zhenjie Wang1,2,  Da Zhao2,  Jianwei Ge1,2,  Tinghai Cheng2,3( ),  Zhong Lin Wang2,3,4( )
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Jilin 130012, China
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
CUSTech Institute of Technology, Zhejiang 325024, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0245, USA
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energy harvesting, triboelectric nanogenerator, low ripple coefficient, clamp circuit, mechanical switch
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Yu X, Wang Z, Zhao D, et al. Triboelectric nanogenerator with mechanical switch and clamp circuit for low ripple output. Nano Research, 2022, 15(3): 2077-2082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3828-7
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For new renewable clean energy, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have shown great potential in response to the world energy crisis. Nevertheless, the alternating-current signal generated by a TENG needs to be converted into a direct-current signal to be effective in applications. Therefore, a power management circuit, comprising a clamp rectifier circuit and a mechanical switch, is proposed for the conversion and produces a signal having a low ripple coefficient. The power management circuit adopts a clamp circuit as the rectifier circuit to increase the rectified voltage, and reduces the loss resulted from the components by reducing the use of discrete components; the electronic switch in the buck regulator circuit is replaced with a mechanical switch to reduce cost and complexity. In a series of experiments, this power management circuit displayed a stable output voltage with a ripple voltage of 0.07 V, crest factor of 1.01, and ripple coefficient of 2.2%. The TENG provides a feasible method to generate stable electric energy and to supply power to low-consumption electronic devices.


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Triboelectric nanogenerator with mechanical switch and clamp circuit for low ripple output

Show Author's information Xin Yu1,2, Zhenjie Wang1,2, Da Zhao2, Jianwei Ge1,2, Tinghai Cheng2,3( ), Zhong Lin Wang2,3,4( )
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Jilin 130012, China
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
CUSTech Institute of Technology, Zhejiang 325024, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0245, USA

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For new renewable clean energy, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have shown great potential in response to the world energy crisis. Nevertheless, the alternating-current signal generated by a TENG needs to be converted into a direct-current signal to be effective in applications. Therefore, a power management circuit, comprising a clamp rectifier circuit and a mechanical switch, is proposed for the conversion and produces a signal having a low ripple coefficient. The power management circuit adopts a clamp circuit as the rectifier circuit to increase the rectified voltage, and reduces the loss resulted from the components by reducing the use of discrete components; the electronic switch in the buck regulator circuit is replaced with a mechanical switch to reduce cost and complexity. In a series of experiments, this power management circuit displayed a stable output voltage with a ripple voltage of 0.07 V, crest factor of 1.01, and ripple coefficient of 2.2%. The TENG provides a feasible method to generate stable electric energy and to supply power to low-consumption electronic devices.

Keywords: energy harvesting, triboelectric nanogenerator, low ripple coefficient, clamp circuit, mechanical switch

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Received: 13 July 2021
Revised: 12 August 2021
Accepted: 18 August 2021
Published: 18 September 2021
Issue date: March 2022

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The authors are grateful for the supports received from the Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Jilin Province (No. JJKH20210736KJ), the National Key R&D Project from the Minister of Science and Technology (Nos. 2016YFA0202701 and 2016YFA0202704), and the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (No. Z171100002017017).

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