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Energy Harvesting: A Novel Soft Metal‐Polymer Composite for Multidirectional Pressure Energy Harvesting (Adv. Energy Mater. 12/2014)
Author(s) -
Taghavi Majid,
Mattoli Virgilio,
Sadeghi Ali,
Mazzolai Barbara,
Beccai Lucia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201470060
Subject(s) - triboelectric effect , materials science , energy harvesting , composite number , polymer , composite material , energy (signal processing) , compression (physics) , natural rubber , statistics , mathematics
In article number 1400024, Majid Taghavi, Virgilio Mattoli, Lucia Beccai, and co‐workers introduce a cost‐effective 3D sponge composed of rubber and conductive wires, which can produce electric energy by periodic compression. Because it can be fabricated in a symmetric configuration, there is no specific surface and direction for the energy harvesting and pressure sensing purposes. The triboelectric effect causes the energy conversion and benefits from the gap trapped between polymer and wires.