Design guidelines of triboelectric nanogenerator for water wave energy harvesters
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Ahmed, AbdelsalamHassan, Islam
Jiang, Tao
Youssef, Khalid
Liu, Lian
Hedaya, Mohammad
Yazid, Taher Abu
Zu, Jean
Wang, Zhong Lin

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2017-04-11Online Publication Date
2017-04-11Print Publication Date
2017-05-05Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623532
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Ocean waves are one of the cleanest and most abundant energy sources on earth, and wave energy has the potential for future power generation. Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology has recently been proposed as a promising technology to harvest wave energy. In this paper, a theoretical study is performed on a duck-shaped TENG wave harvester recently introduced in our work. To enhance the design of the duck-shaped TENG wave harvester, the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the harvester's overall structure, as well as its inner configuration, are analyzed, respectively, under different wave conditions, to optimize parameters such as duck radius and mass. Furthermore, a comprehensive hybrid 3D model is introduced to quantify the performance of the TENG wave harvester. Finally, the influence of different TENG parameters is validated by comparing the performance of several existing TENG wave harvesters. This study can be applied as a guideline for enhancing the performance of TENG wave energy harvesters.Citation
Ahmed A, Hassan I, Jiang T, Youssef K, Liu L, et al. (2017) Design guidelines of triboelectric nanogenerator for water wave energy harvesters. Nanotechnology 28: 185403. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa6612.Sponsors
This research was supported by KAUST and the Hightower Chair foundation. The support provided for completing this research is gratefully acknowledged.Publisher
IOP PublishingJournal
Nanotechnologyae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1088/1361-6528/aa6612