abstract:Nanogenerator is a technology that converts mechanical/thermal energy as produced by small-scale physical change into electricity. Nanogenerator has three typical approaches: piezoelectric, triboelectric, and pyroelectric nanogenerators.
The GeorgiaTechnanogeneratorcanconvert 10 to 15 percent of the energy in mechanicalmotionsinto electricity, andthinnermaterials should be able to convert as much as 40 percent, Wang says.