TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND NETWORK FOR MECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTING

A triboelectric generator includes a resiliently-deformable hexagonal housing including a first housing wall and a second housing wall positioned opposite the first housing wall. A first electrode resides along the first housing wall, and a second electrode resides along the second housing wall. A d...

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Main Authors Vo, Khoa, Wu, Songtao, Wang, Chi-Ming, Dede, Ercan Mehmet, Joshi, Shailesh, Banerjee, Debasish
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.01.2019
Subjects
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
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Summary:A triboelectric generator includes a resiliently-deformable hexagonal housing including a first housing wall and a second housing wall positioned opposite the first housing wall. A first electrode resides along the first housing wall, and a second electrode resides along the second housing wall. A dielectric contact layer is positioned in intimate contact with the first electrode and between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric contact layer is spaced apart from the second housing wall. The first housing wall is coupled to the second housing wall such that at least one of the first housing wall and the second housing wall is resiliently movable toward the other one of the first housing wall and the second housing wall so as to enable contact between the dielectric contact layer and the second electrode during operation of the triboelectric generator.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715639739