Fabrication of an ultra-flexible ZnO nanogenerator for harvesting energy from respiration

Hung I. Lin; Dong Sing Wuu; Kun Ching Shen; Ray-Hua Horng

doi:10.1149/2.001311jss

Fabrication of an ultra-flexible ZnO nanogenerator for harvesting energy from respiration

Hung I. Lin, Dong Sing Wuu, Kun Ching Shen, Ray-Hua Horng

Institute of Electronics

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A novel ZnO nanogenerator (NG) with a flexible and highly lightweight substrate has the potential to harvest energy from human respiration. Previous studies have proposed lift-off and fold-up fabrication methods. The ZnO nanowires (NWs) are transferred to a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer, which serves as the secondary flexible substrate. The thickness of the 2-fold ZnO NG is approximately 25 μm, whereas the thickness of the 16-fold NG is approximately 200 μm. The 16-fold ZnO NG generates approximately 0.6 V and 0.5 μA at the low air flow rate of 2.0 ms^-1, and reaches approximately 1.3 V and 0.8 μA at the air flow rate of 5.0 ms^-1.

Original language	English
Journal	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
Volume	2
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1149/2.001311jss
State	Published - 15 Nov 2013

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