Single electrode triboelectric generator

Patent · 07 November 2017

OSTI ID:1407491

Wang, Zhong Lin; Yang, Ya; Zhang, Hulin; Zhu, Guang

A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member, a second contact charging member and an electrical load. The first contact charging member has a contact side and an opposite back side. The first contact charging member includes a material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series and also has a conductive aspect. The second contact charging member has a second rating on the triboelectric series, different from the first rating, and is configured to come into contact with the first contact layer and go out of contact with the first contact layer. The electrical load electrically is coupled to the first contact charging member and to a common voltage so that current will flow through the load after the second contact charging member comes into contact with the first contact charging member and then goes out of contact with the first contact charging member.

• Research Organization: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-07ER46394
• Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• Patent Number(s): 9,812,993
• Application Number: 14/314,131
• OSTI ID: 1407491
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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