NANOWIRE USED IN NANOTYPE GENERATORS FOR ENERGY HARVESTING

Hitherto, to a large extent, the seebeck effect is used to build devices, nanogenerators, for thermoelectric energy harvesting. The difference in temperature between the nanogenerator two contact areas is the main factor relying on that drives the charge carriers spreading. Conventionally, thermoelectric devices have to have a gradient in temperature as a functional condition [1].We present a solution of thermal energy transformed to electric energy through pyroelectric properties of zincoxide nanorod matrices. Simultaneously harnessing the piezoelectric, semiconducting, also the pyroelectric characteristics of zincoxide, a polarization electric field was achieved [2]. Also, we noticed a electric charge segregation throughout the zincoxide caused by the time-conditioned temperature fluctuation.