Flutter-driven triboelectrification for harvesting wind energy

被引:363
作者
Bae, Jihyun [1 ]
Lee, Jeongsu [2 ]
Kim, SeongMin [1 ]
Ha, Jaewook [3 ]
Lee, Byoung-Sun [1 ]
Park, YoungJun [4 ]
Choong, Chweelin [1 ]
Kim, Jin-Baek [3 ]
Wang, Zhong Lin [5 ]
Kim, Ho-Young [2 ]
Park, Jong-Jin [6 ]
Chung, U-In [1 ]
机构
[1] Samsung Elect Co, SAIT, Suwon 443803, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Seoul 151744, South Korea
[3] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Chem, Taejon 305701, South Korea
[4] Samsung Elect Co Ltd, DMC R&D Ctr, Suwon 443742, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea
[5] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[6] Chonnam Natl Univ, Sch Polymer Sci & Engn, Kwangju 500757`, South Korea
来源
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 2014年 / 5卷
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
NANOGENERATOR; POWER; ELECTRIFICATION; SEPARATION; SENSOR; FLAGS;
D O I
10.1038/ncomms5929
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Technologies to harvest electrical energy from wind have vast potentials because wind is one of the cleanest and most sustainable energy sources that nature provides. Here we propose a flutter-driven triboelectric generator that uses contact electrification caused by the self-sustained oscillation of flags. We study the coupled interaction between a fluttering flexible flag and a rigid plate. In doing so, we find three distinct contact modes: single, double and chaotic. The flutter-driven triboelectric generator having small dimensions of 7.5 x 5cm at wind speed of 15 ms(-1) exhibits high-electrical performances: an instantaneous output voltage of 200V and a current of 60 mu A with a high frequency of 158 Hz, giving an average power density of approximately 0.86mW. The flutter-driven triboelectric generation is a promising technology to drive electric devices in the outdoor environments in a sustainable manner.
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