Researchers have developed triboelectricnanogenerators of various configurations that can generate electricity from any low-frequency vibrations of the environment and static electricity.
Engineers have long dreamed of creating electronicdevices that will not require a wireless or network power source. For example, mobile phones, sensors or pacemakers that collect all the energy necessary for operation from the environment. Scientists from Flinders University reported success in a study of one ofpossible ways to achieve this goal.
The team has created a prototype for a more efficienta triboelectric nanogenerator that uses the energy of sliding and rotary motion to generate electricity, and also optimized its storage system in a battery or supercapacitor. The device can use not only various low-frequency vibrations, such as air, but also static electricity.
By applying mathematical modeling based onartificial intelligence, the Australians compared the functions of the number of segments of different models of nanogenerators, the speed of their rotation and the distance between the working surfaces
According to scientists, such devices can be made from cheap materials. They will go on to design various options for harvesting other forms of renewable energy.
We also previously reported on the development of a generator that generates electricity from atmospheric moisture.
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