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A nonlinear triboelectric nanogenerator with a broadened bandwidth for effective harvesting of vibration energy

Show Author's Information Guoqiang Xu1,  Jingjing Fu1,  Chuanyang Li1,  Juntong Xing1,  Chaojie Chen1,  Wei-Hsin Liao1,  Zhonglin Wang2( ),  Yunlong Zi1,2,3,4,5,6( )
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Guangdong 518057, China
HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Collaborative Innovation Research Institute, Guangdong 518048, China
Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangdong 511400, China
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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triboelectric nanogenerator, energy harvester, Nonlinear oscillator, electromechanical coupling model, dynamic performance, mechanical vibration
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A narrow resonance bandwidth of an energy harvesters limits its response to the wide frequency spectrum in ambient environments. This work proposes an addition of a nonlinear restoring force applied to a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) to tune and broaden the resonance bandwidth. This restoring force is applied by permanent magnets at both sides of the slider and two external magnets. The noncontact strategy is adopted between the slider and the grating electrodes to avoid the wear of electrodes and energy loss caused by friction. The results show that compared with the linear system, the nonlinear noncontact TENG (NN-TENG) can increase the peak current from 6.3 μA to 7.89 μA, with an increment of about 25%, increase the peak power from 650 μW to 977 μW, increasing by about 50%, and increase the bandwidth from 0.5 Hz to 7.75 Hz, increasing by about1400%. This work may enable a new strategy to boost the bandwidth and output power of TENG through nonlinear oscillators.


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A nonlinear triboelectric nanogenerator with a broadened bandwidth for effective harvesting of vibration energy

Show Author's information Guoqiang Xu1, Jingjing Fu1, Chuanyang Li1, Juntong Xing1, Chaojie Chen1, Wei-Hsin Liao1, Zhonglin Wang2( ), Yunlong Zi1,2,3,4,5,6( )
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Guangdong 518057, China
HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Collaborative Innovation Research Institute, Guangdong 518048, China
Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangdong 511400, China
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Abstract

A narrow resonance bandwidth of an energy harvesters limits its response to the wide frequency spectrum in ambient environments. This work proposes an addition of a nonlinear restoring force applied to a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) to tune and broaden the resonance bandwidth. This restoring force is applied by permanent magnets at both sides of the slider and two external magnets. The noncontact strategy is adopted between the slider and the grating electrodes to avoid the wear of electrodes and energy loss caused by friction. The results show that compared with the linear system, the nonlinear noncontact TENG (NN-TENG) can increase the peak current from 6.3 μA to 7.89 μA, with an increment of about 25%, increase the peak power from 650 μW to 977 μW, increasing by about 50%, and increase the bandwidth from 0.5 Hz to 7.75 Hz, increasing by about1400%. This work may enable a new strategy to boost the bandwidth and output power of TENG through nonlinear oscillators.

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerator, energy harvester, Nonlinear oscillator, electromechanical coupling model, dynamic performance, mechanical vibration

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Received: 29 June 2022
Revised: 27 July 2022
Accepted: 29 July 2022
Published: 20 June 2022
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This work was supported by HKSAR the Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme (Grant No. 24206919), and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Project No. 2020A1515111161). This work was supported in part by the Project of Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (HZQB-KCZYB-2020083).

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