Paper-Based Origami Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Pressure Sensors

Po-Kang Yang; Zong-Hong Lin; Ken C. Pradel; Long Lin; Xiuhan Li; Xiaonan Wen; Jr-Hau He; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1021/nn506631t

Paper-Based Origami Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Pressure Sensors

Po-Kang Yang, Zong-Hong Lin, Ken C. Pradel, Long Lin, Xiuhan Li, Xiaonan Wen, Jr-Hau He^*, Zhong Lin Wang^*

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Discovering renewable and sustainable power sources is indispensable for the development of green electronics and sensor networks. In this paper, we present origami triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) using paper as the starting material, with a high degree of flexibility, light weight, low cost, and recyclability. Slinky- and doodlebug-shaped TENGs can be easily fabricated by properly folding printer papers. The as-fabricated TENGs are capable of harvesting ambient mechanical energy from various kinds of human motions, such as stretching, lifting, and twisting. The generated electric outputs have been used to directly light-up commercial LEDs. In addition, the as-fabricated TENGs can also serve as self-powered pressure sensors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	901-907
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Online published	2 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn506631t
Publication status	Published - 27 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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self-powered sensors
triboelectric nanogenerators

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