Corrugated Textile based Triboelectric Generator for Wearable Energy Harvesting.

ABSTRACT: Triboelectric energy harvesting has been applied to various fields, from large-scale power generation to small electronics. Triboelectric energy is generated when certain materials come into frictional contact, e.g., static electricity from rubbing a shoe on a carpet. In particular, textile-based triboelectric energy-harvesting technologies are one of the most promising approaches because they are not only flexible, light, and comfortable but also wearable. Most previous textile-based triboelectric generators (TEGs) generate energy by vertically pressing and rubbing something. However, we propose a corrugated textile-based triboelectric generator (CT-TEG) that can generate energy by stretching. Moreover, the CT-TEG is sewn into a corrugated structure that contains an effective air gap with

SUBMITTER: Choi AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5368658 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature