<p>Triboelectric nanogenerators use a combination of the triboelectric effect and electrostatic induction to generate small amounts of electrical power from mechanical motions such as rotation, sliding or vibration. (Credit: Zhong Lin Wang Laboratory)</p>

A two-stage power management and storage system could dramatically improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion such as walking, running or finger tapping.

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Ongoing work in the Space System Design Laboratory (SSDL) and the High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL) were featured in Issue 3 of the 2015 Georgia Tech Research Horizons magazine article,

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