Magnetic force driven nanogenerators as a noncontact energy harvester and sensor.

Cui, Nuanyang; Wu, Weiwei; Zhao, Yong; Bai, Suo; Meng, Leixin; Qin, Yong; Wang, Zhong Lin · Nano Lett · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Nanogenerator has been a very important energy harvesting technology through directly deforming piezoelectric material. Here, we report a new magnetic force driven contactless nanogenerator (CLNG), which avoids the direct contact between nanogenerator and mechanical movement source. The CLNG can harvest the mechanical movement energy in a noncontact mode to generate electricity. Their output voltage and current can be as large as 3.2 V and 50 nA, respectively, which is large enough to power up a liquid crystal display. We also demonstrate a means by which a magnetic sensor can be built.