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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Xudong Wang, Middleton, WI (US);
Zhiyong Cai, Madison, WI (US);
Chunhua Yao, Madison, WI (US);
Alberto Hernandez, Baltimore, MD (US);
Yanhao Yu, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Triboelectric nanogenerators that operate in a vertical contact separation mode and methods for fabricating the triboelectric generators are provided. Also provided are methods for using the triboelectric nanogenerators to harvest mechanical energy and convert it into electric energy. In the TENGs, one or both of the triboelectrically active layers comprises a cellulose that has been chemically treated to alter its electron affinity.