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A Hybrid Piezoelectric Structure for Wearable Nanogenerators

  1. Minbaek Lee1,†,
  2. Chih-Yen Chen1,2,†,
  3. Sihong Wang1,
  4. Seung Nam Cha3,
  5. Yong Jun Park3,
  6. Jong Min Kim3,
  7. Li-Jen Chou2,
  8. Zhong Lin Wang1,*

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200150

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 13, pages 1759–1764, April 3, 2012

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Lee, M., Chen, C.-Y., Wang, S., Cha, S. N., Park, Y. J., Kim, J. M., Chou, L.-J. and Wang, Z. L. (2012), A Hybrid Piezoelectric Structure for Wearable Nanogenerators. Adv. Mater., 24: 1759–1764. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200150

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan

  3. 3

    Frontier Research Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-Do 446-712, Korea

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

*School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 11 JAN 2012
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Correction: Correction: A Hybrid Piezoelectric Structure for Wearable Nanogenerators

Vol. 24, Issue 39, 5283, Article first published online: 2 OCT 2012

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Keywords:

  • wearable electronics;
  • nanogenerators;
  • poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF);
  • ZnO nanowires;
  • energy harvesting
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A hybrid-fiber nanogenerator comprising a ZnO nanowire array, PVDF polymer and two electrodes is presented. Depending on the bending or spreading action of the human arm, at an angle of ∼90°, the hybrid fiber reaches electrical outputs of ∼0.1 V and ∼10 nA cm−2. The unique structure of the hybrid fiber may inspire future research in wearable energy-harvesting technology.

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