Pre-patterned ZnO nanoribbons on soft substrates for stretchable energy harvesting applications

Teng Ma, Yong Wang, Rui Tang, Hongyu Yu, Hanqing Jiang

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Abstract

Three pre-patterned ZnO nanoribbons in different configurations were studied in this paper, including (a) straight ZnO nanoribbons uniformly bonded on soft substrates that form sinusoidal buckles, (b) straight ZnO nanoribbons selectively bonded on soft substrates that form pop-up buckles, and (c) serpentine ZnO nanoribbons bonded on soft substrates via anchors. The nonlinear dynamics and random analysis were conducted to obtain the fundamental frequencies and to evaluate their performance in energy harvesting applications. We found that pop-up buckles and overhanging serpentine structures are suitable for audio frequency energy harvesting applications. Remarkably, almost unchanged fundamental natural frequency upon strain is achieved by properly patterning ZnO nanoribbons, which initiates a new and exciting direction of stretchable energy harvesting using nano-scale materials in audio frequency range.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number204503
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume113
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - May 28 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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