Fully green energy harvester
The project is to use cellulose-based materials from natural products for fabricating triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) that can harvest energy from mechanical motions such as body motions, pedestrian and cars for powering small electronics.
IVAs 100-lista 2021
As all materials are green, the TENGs have less environmental impact. Alternative applications can be self-powered sensors for the internet of things (IoT), healthcare (for older people that live alone) and security (alarm). The material nature makes the system cost-effective and environmentally friendly. It is easy to be scaled up for the industrial production level due to the abundant materials resource.
