Acta Neuropharmacologica ›› 2018, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (4): 14-16.

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Nanogenerators for Powering Implantable Medical Devices and Self-Powered Sensors

WANG Zhong-lin   

  1. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China
    School of Materials Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta,Georgia,USA
  • Online:2018-08-26 Published:2018-11-16

Abstract: Self-powered system is a system that can sustainably operate without an external power supply for sensing,detection,data processing and data transmission. Nanogenerators (NG)were first developed for self-powered systems based on piezoelectric effect and triboelectrification effect for converting tiny mechanical energy into electricity,which have applications in internet of things,environmental/infrastructural monitoring,medical science,environmental science and security. NGs have three major application fields:micro/nano-power source,self-powered sensors and blue energy. We will present the applications of the NGs for harvesting body motion energy that will be used for medical science and bioengineering.