{"id":115379,"date":"2021-06-29T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T06:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115379"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:55:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:25:52","slug":"indian-scientists-develop-nanogenerator-for-use-in-self-powering-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-scientists-develop-nanogenerator-for-use-in-self-powering-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian scientists develop nanogenerator for use in self powering devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A team of Indian scientists have developed a transparent triboelectric nanogenerator device.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About Triboelectric Nanogenerator(TENG)?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a self-powered device that makes use of mechanical energy in the form of vibrations present everywhere in different forms to generate electricity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Working:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It works on the principle of creation of electrostatic charges via instantaneous physical contact of two dissimilar materials followed by generation of potential difference when a mismatch is introduced between the two contacted surfaces through a mechanical force.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This mechanism drives the electrons to move back and forth between the conducting films coated on the back of the\u00a0tribo\u00a0layers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technique used:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The device was developed using the simpler doctor\u2019s blade technique along with polyethylene terephthalate(PET) as\u00a0tribo\u00a0layers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Doctor&#8217;s blade technique\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is one of the widely used techniques for producing thin films on large area surfaces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Significance:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The device could light up 11 LEDs by gentle hand tapping and could be a potential candidate for use in optoelectronics, self-powered devices and other biomedical applications.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Optoelectronics<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is the field of technology concerned with electronic device application to the sourcing, detection and control of light.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1730432\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">PIB<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0 A team of Indian scientists have developed a transparent triboelectric nanogenerator device.\u00a0 About Triboelectric Nanogenerator(TENG)?\u00a0\u00a0 A triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG)\u00a0is a self-powered device that makes use of mechanical energy in the form of vibrations present everywhere in different forms to generate electricity.\u00a0 Working:\u00a0 It works on the principle of creation of electrostatic charges&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-scientists-develop-nanogenerator-for-use-in-self-powering-devices\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian scientists develop nanogenerator for use in self powering 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