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Nano Research 2023, 16(2): 3149-3155 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4922-1
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Single-material-substrated triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator for self-powered multifunctional sensing in intelligent greenhouse

Show Author's Information Baosen Zhang1,2,  Wenbo Li1,2,  Jianwei Ge1,  Chenggen Chen1,  Xin Yu1,  Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( ),  Tinghai Cheng1,2( )
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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self-powered, wind energy harvesting, triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator, single-material-substrated, smart agriculture
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Zhang B, Li W, Ge J, et al. Single-material-substrated triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator for self-powered multifunctional sensing in intelligent greenhouse. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 3149-3155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4922-1
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The environmental micro-energy harvested by the triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator (TEHG) can power sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) nodes in smart agriculture. However, the separation structure of traditional TEHG raises the complexity of form and material, which is harmful to the miniaturization of the device. Herein, a single-material-substrated triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator (SMS-TEHG) based on the flexible magnets is designed to achieve the structural integration of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and electromagnetic generator (EMG). The flexible magnets serve as the electropositive triboelectric materials for TENG and the magnetic materials for EMG, simplifying the structural complexity of TEHG. The open-circuit voltage (VOC) of the TENG and EMG are 187.2 and 9.0 V at 300 rpm, respectively. After 30,000 cycles of stability testing, the VOC of the TENG and EMG retain about 95.6% and 99.3%, respectively. Additionally, the self-powered applications driven by SMS-TEHG in intelligent greenhouse have been successfully demonstrated, such as crop light supplementation, rain monitoring, and wireless temperature and humidity sensing. This work provides a new design for TEHG and possibilities for applying TEHG and IoT in smart agriculture.


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Single-material-substrated triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator for self-powered multifunctional sensing in intelligent greenhouse

Show Author's information Baosen Zhang1,2, Wenbo Li1,2, Jianwei Ge1, Chenggen Chen1, Xin Yu1, Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( ), Tinghai Cheng1,2( )
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA

Abstract

The environmental micro-energy harvested by the triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator (TEHG) can power sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) nodes in smart agriculture. However, the separation structure of traditional TEHG raises the complexity of form and material, which is harmful to the miniaturization of the device. Herein, a single-material-substrated triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator (SMS-TEHG) based on the flexible magnets is designed to achieve the structural integration of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and electromagnetic generator (EMG). The flexible magnets serve as the electropositive triboelectric materials for TENG and the magnetic materials for EMG, simplifying the structural complexity of TEHG. The open-circuit voltage (VOC) of the TENG and EMG are 187.2 and 9.0 V at 300 rpm, respectively. After 30,000 cycles of stability testing, the VOC of the TENG and EMG retain about 95.6% and 99.3%, respectively. Additionally, the self-powered applications driven by SMS-TEHG in intelligent greenhouse have been successfully demonstrated, such as crop light supplementation, rain monitoring, and wireless temperature and humidity sensing. This work provides a new design for TEHG and possibilities for applying TEHG and IoT in smart agriculture.

Keywords: self-powered, wind energy harvesting, triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid generator, single-material-substrated, smart agriculture

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Received: 01 July 2022
Revised: 01 August 2022
Accepted: 15 August 2022
Published: 08 November 2022
Issue date: February 2023

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The authors are grateful for the support from the National Key Research & Development Project from the Minister of Science and Technology (Nos. 2021YFA1201601 and 2021YFA1201604), and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 3222023).

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