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Green Energy Harvesting using a Flexible Bio-triboelectric Nanogenerator

Title
Green Energy Harvesting using a Flexible Bio-triboelectric Nanogenerator
Creator
Agarwal, Shruti; Mukesh, Panchal Ishit; Neog, Moitreyam; Mishra, Subhendu; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Singh, Abhishek Kumar; Kumbhakar, Partha
Description
Bio-triboelectric nanogenerators (B-TENGs) show promise as a sustainable and renewable source for harvesting green energy using natural biocompatible and biodegradable substrates. Dry leaves contribute to a large amount of waste accumulation daily, even though they can be used to generate energy. Almost all the dry leaves collected during cleaning procedures are burned, resulting in greenhouse emissions and air pollution. This work aims to consider using biodegradable fresh and dry leaves as a bio-source for a cost-effective, sustainable, and flexible energy-harvesting system. When different frequencies and pressures were applied to B-TENGs, significant potential power output of around ~30V and ~350?W was produced. The experimental results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations support the charge transport phenomenon in dry-leaf powder under different compressive strains. A surface influences charge generation in B-TENGs and the presence of functional groups with inhomogeneous particle distribution, as demonstrated by experimental and mathematical modeling. The current work is ideal for large-scale manufacturing since it uses natural waste materials in dried forms, as well as simple and low-cost preparation. Therefore, our environmentally friendly solutions highlight the special abilities of plants to produce electricity for various flexible electronic applications. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2025.
Source
Journal of Electronic Materials;Volume;54;Issue;4;pp.2821-2833
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Springer
Subject
flexible energy harvesting; Leaf; self-powered; triboelectric nanogenerator
Coverage
Agarwal S., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Mukesh P.I., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Neog M., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India; Mishra S., Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India; Tiwary C.S., Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, Kharagpur, 721302, India; Singh A.K., Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India; Kumbhakar P., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 3615235; CODEN: JECMA
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Agarwal, Shruti; Mukesh, Panchal Ishit; Neog, Moitreyam; Mishra, Subhendu; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Singh, Abhishek Kumar; Kumbhakar, Partha, “Green Energy Harvesting using a Flexible Bio-triboelectric Nanogenerator,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 20, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/21976.

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