This helps to guarantee that every part of the nanogenerator significantly contributes to energy production overall. "Developing this highly efficient stretchable piezoelectric energy harvester ...

For instance, researchers have demonstrated a hybrid piezo-triboelectric nanogenerator to sustainably power portable electronics with mechanical motion. Nanogenerators have the potential to ...

Researchers have managed to extract electrical energy from environmental noise by exploiting the piezoelectric properties ... generator builds on the d.c. nanogenerator through an ingenious ...

Piezoelectric crystals are a class of materials that exhibit a unique property called piezoelectricity. These crystals generate an electrical charge when subjected to mechanical stress or strain, and ...

More information: Junwoo Yea et al, Curvature-Specific Coupling Electrode Design for a Stretchable Three-Dimensional Inorganic Piezoelectric Nanogenerator, ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.