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A novel flexible nanogenerator made of ZnO nanoparticles and multiwall carbon nanotube

2013; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 5; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c3nr00866e

2040-3372

Hui Sun, He Tian, Yi Yang, Dan Xie, Yuchi Zhang, Xuan Liu, Shuo Ma, Hai‐Ming Zhao, Tian‐Ling Ren,

Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies

In this paper, a novel flexible nanogenerator (FNG) made of zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) and multiwall-carbon nanotubes (MW-CNTs) is presented. In this structure, ZnO NPs and MW-CNTs are mixed with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) uniformly to form an entire flexible nanogenerator. Serial tests illustrate that the output voltage and power density are as high as 7.5 V and 18.75 μW per cycle, respectively. Furthermore, by foot stamp on the FNG, a peak voltage as high as 30 V can be generated. Comparing to the control samples, it is also proved that adding MW-CNTs into the matrix could significantly enhance the output voltage from 0.8 to 7.5 V. In summary, our work indicates that the realization of flexible nanogenerators made of ZnO NPs and MW-CNTs is technologically feasible, which may bring out some important and interesting applications in energy harvesting.