Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Research in Science and Technology
Year: 2018
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/8RST.2018.11.39
Energy Harvesting for Nanosystems
Ali Amiri
ABSTRACT:
In this article, an introduction is presented about the energy harvesting technologies that have potential for powering nanosystems. Our discussion mainly focuses on the approaches other than the well-known solar cell and thermoelectrics. We mainly introduce the piezoelectric nanogenerators developed using aligned ZnO nanowire arrays. This is a potential technology for converting mechanical movement energy (such as body movement, muscle stretching, blood pressure), vibration energy (such as acoustic /ultrasonic wave), and hydraulic energy (such as flow of body fluid, blood flow, contraction of blood vessel, dynamic fluid in nature) into electric energy for self-powered nanosystems.
Keywords: Energy harvesting , nanosystem , Nanogenerator.