title: Design guidelines of triboelectric nanogenerator for water wave energy harvesters.
abstract: Ocean waves are one of the cleanest and most abundant energy sources on earth, and wave energy has the potential for future power generation. Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology has recently been proposed as a promising technology to harvest wave energy. In this paper, a theoretical study is performed on a duck-shaped TENG wave harvester recently introduced in our work. To enhance the design of the duck-shaped TENG wave harvester, the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the harvester's overall structure, as well as its inner configuration, are analyzed, respectively, under different wave conditions, to optimize parameters such as duck radius and mass. Furthermore, a comprehensive hybrid 3D model is introduced to quantify the performance of the TENG wave harvester. Finally, the influence of different TENG parameters is validated by comparing the performance of several existing TENG wave harvesters. This study can be applied as a guideline for enhancing the performance of TENG wave energy harvesters.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States of America. NanoGenerators and NanoEngineering laboratory, School of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada.
authors.forename: Abdelsalam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Islam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hedaya
authors.forename: Taher Abu
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Yazid
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zu
authors.forename: Zhong Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang