A spring-connected nanogenerator based on ZnO nanoparticles and a multiwall carbon nanotube

作者:Yang Yi*; Tian He; Sun Hui; Xu Run Jie; Shua Yi; Ren Tian Ling
来源:RSC Advances, 2014, 4(5): 2115-2118.
DOI:10.1039/c3ra45482g

摘要

A spring-connected nanogenerator (NG) based on zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) and a multiwall carbon nanotube (MW-CNT) is presented. In this structure, two flexible layers are combined by four springs while the flexible layers are achieved by uniformmixing of ZnONPs, MW-CNT in the polydimethylsiloxane. Serial tests illustrate that voltage and power density generated by this device reach up to 9 V and 27 mu W per cycle respectively. This state-of-the-art NG with high performance could open wide applications in self-power systems and energy harvesting.