Piezoelectric-nanowire-enabled power source for driving wireless microelectronics
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Harvesting energy from irregular/random mechanical actions in variable and uncontrollable environments is an effective approach for powering wireless mobile electronics to meet a wide range of applications in our daily life. Piezoelectric nanowires are robust and can be stimulated by tiny physical motions/disturbances over a range of frequencies. Here, we demonstrate the first chemical epitaxial growth of PbZr(x)Ti(1-x)O(3) (PZT) nanowire arrays at 230 °C and their application as high-output energy converters. The nanogenerators fabricated using a single array of PZT nanowires produce a peak output voltage of ~0.7 V, current density of 4 μA cm(-2) and an average power density of 2.8 mW cm(-3). The alternating current output of the nanogenerator is rectified, and the harvested energy is stored and later used to light up a commercial laser diode. This work demonstrates the feasibility of using nanogenerators for powering mobile and even personal microelectronics.
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Existing energy-harvesting methods (thermoelectric, piezoelectric, biopotential, or glucose) are anatomically specific and yield power densities too low (<0.1 μW/mm2) for a microimplant.
“However, these methods are anatomically specific and, in their existing forms, yield power densities too low (<0.1 μW/mm 2 ) for a microimplant.”
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The introductory passage following the Abstract says earlier piezoelectric nanogenerators produced too little power for conventional components. It does not establish that thermoelectric, biopotential, or glucose-based methods are anatomically specific, nor does it give the <0.1 μW/mm² threshold or assess whether those methods can power a microimplant. The Discussion reports this paper’s generator output in mW/cm³, a different measure. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Xu, S., Hansen, B. J., & Wang, Z. L.
- Affiliations
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Zhong Lin
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2010-10-19
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 93-93
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2165388742
- Semantic Scholar
- b141763eaacf5c86b610e9326c05572e69ca280a
- Cited by
- 546
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 20.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Communications (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (0403671, 0706436)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐FG02‐, DEFG0207ER46394, FG02-07ER46394)
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (HR0011, W31P4Q-08-1-0009, HR0011-09-C-0142, W31P4Q)
- Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation
- Army Research Office (W911NF-08-1, W911NF)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Keywords
- piezoelectric nanowires, piezoelectric nanogenerators, mechanical energy harvesting, low-temperature nanowire growth, self-powered devices
- MeSH terms
- Microelectrodes, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Electric Power Supplies, Nanowires
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