Recent Progress in Hybridized Nanogenerators for Energy Scavenging

Tongtong Zhang; Tao Yang; Mei Zhang; Chris R Bowen; Ya Yang

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101689

Recent Progress in Hybridized Nanogenerators for Energy Scavenging

iScience. 2020 Oct 16;23(11):101689. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101689. eCollection 2020 Nov 20.

Authors

Tongtong Zhang^{1

2}, Tao Yang³, Mei Zhang³, Chris R Bowen⁴, Ya Yang^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
² School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
³ College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA27AK, UK.
⁵ Center on Nanoenergy Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China.

Abstract

As the world's demand for alternative energy increases, the development of green energy harvesters becomes ever more important. As a result, the creation of triboelectric (TENG), piezoelectric (PENG), and pyroelectric nanogenerators, electromagnetic generators (EMG), solar cells, and electrochemical cells is attracting interest in an effort to convert mechanical, thermal, magnetic, solar, and chemical energy into electricity. In order to take advantage of the ambient energies from our surrounding environment, the design of hybridized generator units that can simultaneously scavenge energy in a variety of forms continues to develop. These systems are being considered to satisfy the energy needs of a range of electronic devices and adapt to a variety of working environments. This review demonstrates the latest progress in hybridized nanogenerators in accordance with their structure, operating principle, and applications. These studies demonstrate new approaches to developing hybrid techniques and novel assemblies for efficiently harvesting environmental energy from a number of sources.

Keywords: Electromagnetic Field; Energy Systems; Nanostructure.

Publication types

Review