Energy harvesting has gained a growing attention and has seen great advancements during
the last decades. Among energy sources, mechanical energy is one of the most investigated …

Mechanical energy sources are abundant in our living environment, such as body motion,
vehicle transportation, engine vibrations and breezy wind, which have been underestimated …

This paper studied and realized a flexible nanogenerator based on P (VDF-TrFE) nanofibers
and PDMS/MWCNT thin composite membrane, which worked under triboelectric and …

Future generations of wearable electronic systems and mobile communication place a great
demand for harvesting energy from ambient environments or human movements. Soft fiber …

Nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) developed using piezoelectric nanowires (NWs)
have gained immense interest in energy harvesting applications as they are able to convert …

Nanogenerators (NGs) are one of the promising energy solutions, which collect different
forms of energy in the environment, and have great potential applications in self-powered …

Considerable effort has been made to study the piezoelectric effect on the nanoscale, which
serves as a physical basis for a wide range of smart nanodevices and nanoelectronics. This …

In this work we analyze the coupled piezoelectric and semiconductive behavior of vertically
aligned ZnO nanowires under uniform compression. The screening effect on the …

Recently, the nanogenerators which can convert the mechanical energy into electricity by
using piezoelectric one‐dimensional nanomaterials have exhibited great potential in …

Stress can modify the charge transport within piezoelectric semiconductors as well as
through junctions between piezoelectric semiconductors and other materials. For instance …