Flexible PVDF based piezoelectric nanogenerators

L Lu, W Ding, J Liu, B Yang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Confronting the depletion of fossil energy and the pollution of chemical batteries, together
with the rapid development of various portable electronic devices and the Internet of Things …

A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018)

M Safaei, HA Sodano, SR Anton - Smart materials and structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

High-performance piezoelectric energy harvesters and their applications

Z Yang, S Zhou, J Zu, D Inman - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Energy harvesting holds great potential to achieve long-lifespan self-powered operations of
wireless sensor networks, wearable devices, and medical implants, and thus has attracted …

Energy harvesting and storage with soft and stretchable materials

V Vallem, Y Sargolzaeiaval, M Ozturk… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review highlights various modes of converting ambient sources of energy into electricity
using soft and stretchable materials. These mechanical properties are useful for emerging …

Review on engineering structural designs for efficient piezoelectric energy harvesting to obtain high power output

N Wu, B Bao, Q Wang - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, with more electrical devices developed and applied in wide fields, efficient
electrical energy generation is always one of the front-end and practical topics in …

[PDF][PDF] Harvesting water drop energy by a sequential contact-electrification and electrostatic-induction process

ZH Lin, G Cheng, S Lee, KC Pradel, ZL Wang - Adv. Mater, 2014 - wanggenerator.com
Zong-Hong Lin, Gang Cheng, Sangmin Lee, Ken C. Pradel, and Zhong Lin Wang* prototype
TENG that can convert the water-related energy into electricity. In our last study, we …

Nanogenerators with superwetting surfaces for harvesting water/liquid energy

Y Wang, S Gao, W Xu, Z Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Water covers about 70% of the earth's surface and contains tremendous energy that remains
untapped. Despite success in harvesting hydrodynamic energy based on heavy‐weight and …

Water droplet‐based nanogenerators

MAM Hasan, T Zhang, H Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water is one of the most sustainable resources in the world, offering an abundance of hydro
energy. Getting a large amount of electricity through conventional water energy harvesting is …

Drop collisions with simple and complex surfaces

M Marengo, C Antonini, IV Roisman… - Current Opinion in Colloid …, 2011 - Elsevier
Drop impact onto surfaces has long been a popular and important subject of experimental,
numerical and theoretical studies to explain phenomena observed both in nature and in …

A review on 3D printed piezoelectric energy harvesters: materials, 3D printing techniques, and applications

A Megdich, M Habibi, L Laperrière - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide energy and environmental pollution crisis is caused partly by the rising
usage of non-renewable energy sources. Researchers try to find alternative energy systems …