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A drawstring triboelectric nanogenerator with modular electrodes for harvesting wave energy

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The development and utilization of marine blue energy has become the focus of current research. A drawstring triboelectric nanogenerator with modular electrodes (DS-TENG) is proposed to harvest wave energy. Motion displacement and water wave adaptability are improved by using the drawstring structure in the DS-TENG. Furthermore, the modular electrode design is applied to improve the durability and replaceability of the generation units. The rationality of the structure is verified by theoretical analysis, and performance experiments on the fundamental output, displacement and frequency, durability and application are carried out. The DS-TENG can achieve output performance of 98.03 nC, 3.63 µA, 238.50 V and 923.92 µW at 150 mm and 1.0 Hz. In addition, the performance drops by 6.11% after 110,000 cycles for DS-TENG durability. This paper will provide reference for the design of TENG that adapts to a wide range of wave heights.

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The authors were grateful for the support from the National Key R&D Project from Minister of Science and Technology (Nos. 2021YFA1201604 & 2021YFA1201601) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 3222023).

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  1. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012, China

    Da Zhao & Tinghai Cheng

  2. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101400, China

    Da Zhao, Hengyu Li, Jianlong Wang, Qi Gao, Yang Yu, Zhong Lin Wang & Tinghai Cheng

  3. School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Hengyu Li, Jianlong Wang, Qi Gao, Yang Yu & Tinghai Cheng

  4. College of Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China

    Jianming Wen

  5. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA

    Zhong Lin Wang

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Zhao, D., Li, H., Wang, J. et al. A drawstring triboelectric nanogenerator with modular electrodes for harvesting wave energy. Nano Res. 16, 10931–10937 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5796-6

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