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Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate

In this work, we design and fabricate a wireless system with the main operating device based on zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires. The main operating device is based on piezoelectric nanogenerator (NG) achieved using ZnO nanowires grown hydrothermally on paper substrate. The fabricated NG is capable of har...

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Autores principales: Nour, E. S., Bondarevs, A., Huss, P., Sandberg, M., Gong, S., Willander, M., Nur, O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27000024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1373-1
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author Nour, E. S.
Bondarevs, A.
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Gong, S.
Willander, M.
Nur, O.
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description In this work, we design and fabricate a wireless system with the main operating device based on zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires. The main operating device is based on piezoelectric nanogenerator (NG) achieved using ZnO nanowires grown hydrothermally on paper substrate. The fabricated NG is capable of harvesting ambient mechanical energy from various kinds of human motion, e.g., footsteps. The harvested electric output has been used to serve as a self-powered pressure sensor. Without any storage device, the signal from a single footstep has successfully triggered a wireless sensor node circuit. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using ZnO nanowire piezoelectric NG as a low-frequency self-powered sensor, with potential applications in wireless sensor networks.
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spelling pubmed-48018242016-04-09 Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate Nour, E. S. Bondarevs, A. Huss, P. Sandberg, M. Gong, S. Willander, M. Nur, O. Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express In this work, we design and fabricate a wireless system with the main operating device based on zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires. The main operating device is based on piezoelectric nanogenerator (NG) achieved using ZnO nanowires grown hydrothermally on paper substrate. The fabricated NG is capable of harvesting ambient mechanical energy from various kinds of human motion, e.g., footsteps. The harvested electric output has been used to serve as a self-powered pressure sensor. Without any storage device, the signal from a single footstep has successfully triggered a wireless sensor node circuit. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using ZnO nanowire piezoelectric NG as a low-frequency self-powered sensor, with potential applications in wireless sensor networks. Springer US 2016-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4801824/ /pubmed/27000024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1373-1 Text en © Nour et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate
title_full Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate
title_fullStr Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate
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title_short Low-Frequency Self-Powered Footstep Sensor Based on ZnO Nanowires on Paper Substrate
title_sort low-frequency self-powered footstep sensor based on zno nanowires on paper substrate
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27000024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1373-1
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