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Download fileWearable triboelectric nanogenerator from waste materials for autonomous information transmission via morse code
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posted on 2022-03-09, 12:09 authored by Bhaskar Dudem, Ishara DharmasenaIshara Dharmasena, Raheel Riaz, Venkateswaran Vivekananthan, Upul Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, Paolo Lugli, Luisa Petti, S Ravi P SilvaElectronic waste produced by plastic, toxic, and semiconducting components of existing electronic devices is dramatically increasing environmental pollution. To overcome these issues, the use of eco-friendly materials for designing such devices is attaining much attention. This current work presents a recycled material-based triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) made of plastic waste and carbon-coated paper wipes (C@PWs), in which the PWs are also collected from a waste bin. The resultant C@PW-based TENG is then used for powering low-power electronic devices and, later, to generate a Morse code from a wearable for autonomous communication. In this application, the end users decode the Morse code from a customized LabVIEW program and read the transmitted signal. With further redesigning, a 9-segment keyboard is developed using nine-TENGs, connected to an Arduino controller to display the 9-segment actuation on a computer screen. Based on the above analysis, our C@PW-TENG device is expected to have an impact on future self-powered sensors and internet of things systems.
Funding
Energy Harvesting Triboelectric Nano-Generators for the Internet-of-Things
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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History
School
- Science
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Department
- Chemistry
Published in
ACS Applied Materials & InterfacesVolume
14Issue
4Pages
5328 - 5337Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c20984Acceptance date
2022-01-07Publication date
2022-01-20Copyright date
2022ISSN
1944-8244eISSN
1944-8252Publisher version
Language
- en