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Pendular-Translational Hybrid Nanogenerator Harvesting Water Wave Energy

  • Yanggui Sun
  • , Fangyan Zheng
  • , Xuelian Wei
  • , Yapeng Shi
  • , Ruonan Li
  • , Baocheng Wang
  • , Longfei Wang
  • , Zhiyi Wu*
  • , Zhong Lin Wang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Chongqing Institute of Technology
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Shore-based water wave energy produced by the impact of ocean waves on the coastline is a kind of clean and renewable energy. In this paper, a pendular-translational hybrid nanogenerator (PT-HNG) with two multilayer triboelectric nanogenerators and a spring base is proposed to harvest the wave energy. Pendular-translational movement mechanism is a sliding rail structure embedded with a permanent magnet, and the output is greatly improved compared to the previous pendular-pendular movement mechanism. Furthermore, the use of the spring base not only makes the device easy to install and fix but also increases the swing angle, which can better harvest the water wave energy. When the PT-HNG is used on the beach, a 33 μF capacitor can be charged to 4.3 V in 85 s. PT-HNG can be used to build self-powered wireless sensor networks to monitor the surrounding environment. This work proposes an innovative and efficient way to capture shore-based wave energy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15187-15194
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume14
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Apr 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • electromagnetic generator
  • shore-based wave energy
  • sliding rail structure
  • spring
  • triboelectric nanogenerator

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