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Vol. 12 (2020)

An Ultra-Durable Windmill-Like Hybrid Nanogenerator for Steady and Efficient Harvesting of Low-Speed Wind Energy

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00513-2
Ying Zhang
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Qixuan Zeng
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Yan Wu
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Jun Wu
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Songlei Yuan
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Dujuan Tan
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Chenguo Hu
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Xue Wang
Department of Applied Physics, State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xue Wang

xuewang@cqu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 175

Abstract

Wind energy is one of the most promising and renewable energy sources; however, owing to the limitations of device structures, collecting low-speed wind energy by triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is still a huge challenge. To solve this problem, an ultra-durable and highly efficient windmill-like hybrid nanogenerator (W-HNG) is developed. Herein, the W-HNG composes coupled TENG and electromagnetic generator (EMG) and adopts a rotational contact-separation mode. This unique design efficiently avoids the wear of friction materials and ensures a prolonged service life. Moreover, the generator group is separated from the wind-driven part, which successfully prevents rotation resistance induced by the friction between rotor and stator in the conventional structures, and realizes low-speed wind energy harvesting. Additionally, the output characteristics of TENG can be complementary to the different performance advantages of EMG to achieve a satisfactory power production. The device is successfully driven when the wind speed is 1.8 m s−1, and the output power of TENG and EMG can achieve 0.95 and 3.7 mW, respectively. After power management, the W-HNG has been successfully applied as a power source for electronic devices. This work provides a simple, reliable, and durable device for improved performance toward large-scale low-speed breeze energy harvesting.


Highlights：


1 A novel windmill-like hybrid nanogenerator with contact-separation structure was proposed for harvesting breeze energy at low wind speed.
2 A spring steel sheet was creatively used both as an electrode of triboelectric nanogenerator and a booster for contact-separation activity.
3 A magnetic acting as a bifunctional element supplies magnetic flux variation in electromagnetic generator and overcomes electrostatic adsorption between tribolayers simultaneously.

Keywords

Triboelectric nanogenerator Windmill-like structure Rotational contact-separation mode Low-speed wind energy harvesting
Zhang, Ying, Qixuan Zeng, Yan Wu, Jun Wu, Songlei Yuan, Dujuan Tan, Chenguo Hu, and Xue Wang. 2020. “An Ultra-Durable Windmill-Like Hybrid Nanogenerator for Steady and Efficient Harvesting of Low-Speed Wind Energy”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (August):175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00513-2.
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