title: Triboelectric Nanogenerator as a Self-Powered Communication Unit for Processing and Transmitting Information.
abstract: In this paper, we demonstrate an application of a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) as a self-powered communication unit. An elaborately designed TENG is used to translate a series of environmental triggering signals into binary digital signals and drives an electronic-optical device to transmit binary digital data in real-time without an external power supply. The elaborately designed TENG is built in a membrane structure that can effectively drive the electronic-optical device in a bandwidth from 1.30 to 1.65 kHz. Two typical communication modes (amplitude-shift keying and frequency-shift keying) are realized through the resonant response of TENG to different frequencies, and two digital signals, i.e., "1001" and "0110", are successfully transmitted and received through this system, respectively. Hence, in this study, a simple but efficient method for directly transmitting ambient vibration to the receiver as a digital signal is established using an elaborately designed TENG and an optical communication technique. This type of the communication system, as well as the implementation method presented, exhibits great potential for applications in the smart city, smart home, password authentication, and so on.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Aifang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Xiangyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Jingyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Caihong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Mingzeng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Junyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100083, China.|School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States.
authors.forename: Zhong Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: digital signals; frequency selectivity; self-powered communication; triboelectric nanogenerator