Research Progress on Nanogenerators Based on Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

doi:10.15541/jim20130691

Abstract

Abstract:

With the development of society and energy crisis, searching for new energy materials and developing new energy have been one of the eternal subjects. Since the piezoelectric nanogenerator based on ZnO was developed in 2006, many nanogenerators have been developed based on nanomaterials and nanostructures due to their different nano-effects. This paper reviews the scientific achievements on nanogenerators in nearly 10 years, and introduces the principles of the nanogenerators based on piezoelectric effect, triboelectric effect and modulation of the graphene band, which provide references for the development of new nanogenerator in the future.

Key words: nanogenerator, piezoelectric effect, triboelectric effect, graphene

CLC Number:

TB34

PAN Chun-Xu, LI Wei-Ping, ZHANG Yu-Peng, YU Chao-Zhi, LI De-Long. Research Progress on Nanogenerators Based on Nanomaterials and Nanostructures[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2014, 29(9): 897-904.

Figures/Tables 10

Fig. 1 Principle and charge output process of the piezoelectric nanogenerator[12]

Fig. 2 Anisotropy schematic of GaN nanowires[21]

Fig. 3 Structure and principle of PZT nanogenerator[22]

Fig. 4 Principle and charge output process of the PET-PDMS triboelectric nanogenerator[30]

Fig. 5 Multilayer structure of Kapton-PDMS triboelectric nanogenerator[31]

Fig. 6 Structure and resonance frequency test of Al-PTFE triboelectric nanogenerator[33]

Fig. 7 Triboelectric nanogenerator based "sandwich" composite structure[34]

Fig. 8 Macro-morphology and electrochemical response of graphene/PDMS strained film[41]

Fig. 9 Schematic layout of the flow test facility[42]

Fig. 10 Working mechanism for the generation of streaming current[43]

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