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Nano Generators

This document discusses nano generators that can produce electricity from mechanical energy using piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowires. It introduces piezoelectricity and how bending zinc oxide nanowires through mechanical stress like vibration can produce electric current. Prototypes have been able to power small devices from sources like finger tapping or a running hamster. Potential applications include powering medical implants, sensors, military equipment and cancer detection. Nano generators represent an environmentally friendly way to harness small amounts of mechanical energy at the nanoscale and could have many uses in healthcare, defense and other areas.

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Nano Generators

This document discusses nano generators that can produce electricity from mechanical energy using piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowires. It introduces piezoelectricity and how bending zinc oxide nanowires through mechanical stress like vibration can produce electric current. Prototypes have been able to power small devices from sources like finger tapping or a running hamster. Potential applications include powering medical implants, sensors, military equipment and cancer detection. Nano generators represent an environmentally friendly way to harness small amounts of mechanical energy at the nanoscale and could have many uses in healthcare, defense and other areas.

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S.

A ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Presented by, G.SINDHU


G.MONIKA II YR B.E. ECE

NANO GENERATORS

INTRODUCTION PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT NANO WIRES- ZINC OXIDE ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY HAMSTER & APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Vital application of nanotechnology Mechanical energy given to nano wires produces electricity by piezoelectric effect Components sizes of 10^-9m In field of medical electronics to detect and cure certain cancer cells

PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT

Produces an electric charge when a mechanical stress is applied

PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT

Polycrystal is heated under the application of a strong electric field The crystal can be made into various shapes to achieve different vibration modes

NANO WIRES- ZINC OXIDE

lexing the nanowires through vibration (like sound w oduces a current in the wire he nano wire used here in nano generator is zinc oxi

Reason for Choosing Zinc Oxide


The ZnO nanowires are piezoelectric It works on low frequency and is a flexible material. Nanowires can be grown easily on a wide variety of surfaces, and the nanogenerators will operate in the air or in liquids once properly packaged.

Making of zinc oxide

To make the p-type ZnO nanowires, we doped ZnO crystals with phosphorus pentoxide using a chemical-vapordeposition technique. The array of aligned ZnO nanowires are covered by a zigzag, (001) orientated Si electrode coated with 200 nm thick Pt film The density of the nanowires is 10/m^2, and the height and diameter are 1.0 m and 40 nm, respectively.

BASIC OPERATION

BASIC OPERATION

Nano generator needs an mechanical source such as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration or blood flow A layer of zinc oxide is grown on top of substrate to collect the current Silicon zig-zag electrodes, which contain thousands of nanometer-scale tips made conductive by a platinum coating Capturing the tiny amounts of current produced by hundreds of nanowires kept in motion, the generators produce a direct current output in the nano-Ampere range

BASIC OPERATION

PROTOTYPE OF NANO GENERATOR

PROTOTYPE OF NANO GENERATOR


4 watts per cubic centimeter for a single nanowire Could harvest power from just one nanowire at a time by dragging the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM) over it Zinc oxide is non-toxic and compatible with the body, the new nanogenerators could be integrated into implantable biomedical devices to wirelessly measure blood flow and blood pressure

Electricity Produced By Hamster

ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY HAMSTER

The hamster uses nano-generators to produce the suitable electricity Encapsulating single zinc oxide wires in a flexible polymer substrate, the wires anchored at each end with an electrical contact, and with a Shottky Barrier at one end to control current flow The wires are between 100 and 800 nanometers in diameter, and between 100 and 500 microns in length

Principle

Role of Hamster

The running and scratching of the hamster and the tapping of the finger flexed the substrate in which the nanowires were encapsulated, producing tiny amounts of alternating electrical current Integrating four nanogenerators on the hamsters jacket generated up to 0.5 nanoamps

OUTPUT OF NANO GENERATOR

Powering a handheld device such as a Bluetooth headset would require at least thousands of these single-wire generators, which could be built up in threedimensional modules In the body, they could be used to power nanodevices to measure blood pressure or other vital signs.

APPICATIONS

Defense system - electricity needed by army officers in the battle field Power for a glucose sensor implanted under the skin of the arm A array of nano wire can be used to run a medical implant Pollution free Can detect and help us to remove various cancer cells

CONCLUSION

Vital role by nano generators in the near future Eco friendly and to meet the demand of electricity Vital role in medical field

Nano generators are biggest not in size but in its applications

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