Toward robust nanogenerators using aluminum substrate.

Lee, Sangmin; Hong, Jung-Il; Xu, Chen; Lee, Minbaek; Kim, Dongseob; Lin, Long; Hwang, Woonbong; Wang, Zhong Lin · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Nanogenerators (NG) have been developed to harvest mechanical energy from environmental sources such as vibration, human motion, or movement of automobiles. We demonstrate a robust and large-area NG based on a cost-effective Al substrate with the capability to be easily integrated in series and parallel for high-output performance. The output voltage and current density of the three-dimensionally integrated NG device reaches up to 3 V and 195 nA under human walking conditions.

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