Single zinc oxide nanowires(ZnO NWs)are promising for nanogenerators because of their excellent semiconducting and piezoelectric properties,but characterizing the latter efficiently is challenging.As reported here,an ...Single zinc oxide nanowires(ZnO NWs)are promising for nanogenerators because of their excellent semiconducting and piezoelectric properties,but characterizing the latter efficiently is challenging.As reported here,an electrical breakdown strategy was used to construct single ZnO NWs with a specific length.With the high operability of a nanomanipulator in a scanning electron microscope,ZnO-NW-based twoprobe and three-probe structures were constructed for fabricating AC/DC nanogenerators,respectively.For a ZnO NW,an AC output of between−15.31 mV and 5.82 mV was achieved,while for a DC nanogenerator,an output of24.3 mV was realized.Also,the three-probe structure’s output method was changed to verify the distribution of piezoelectric charges when a single ZnO NW is bent by a probe,and DC outputs of different amplitudes were achieved.This study provides a low-cost,highly convenient,and operational method for studying the AC/DC output characteristics of single NWs,which is beneficial for the further development of nanogenerators.展开更多
This article presents an ongoing study of the design of a DC-AC inverter using a single renewable energy source. The proposed approach makes it possible to produce an output with an H-bridge or full bridge and a singl...This article presents an ongoing study of the design of a DC-AC inverter using a single renewable energy source. The proposed approach makes it possible to produce an output with an H-bridge or full bridge and a single energy source. To this end, the performance of the inverter was studied first by means of a simulation and then with the implementation of an experimental device.展开更多
This paper presents two kind to pologies of newtype single-stage inverter with half-bridge and push-pull con-struction.The half-bridge single-stage DC/AC topo-logyis suited for high input voltage,and the push-pull sin...This paper presents two kind to pologies of newtype single-stage inverter with half-bridge and push-pull con-struction.The half-bridge single-stage DC/AC topo-logyis suited for high input voltage,and the push-pull single stage DC/AC topology is suited for low input voltage.The principles lf the two topologies are introduced.Ths-oretical and experimental results verify that they are suit-ed for small power DC/AC applications because of the ex-cellent performances such as simple construction,smallvolume,light weight and high reliability.展开更多
The electrolytic-capacitor-less(EL-cap-less)technique has been attracting more and more interests in these years.The EL-cap-less single-phase to three-phase inverter(STI)with front-end diode rectifier is applied to ho...The electrolytic-capacitor-less(EL-cap-less)technique has been attracting more and more interests in these years.The EL-cap-less single-phase to three-phase inverter(STI)with front-end diode rectifier is applied to home electrical appliances.In EL-cap-less systems,film-type capacitor is used to suppress the high-frequency ripple components instead of smoothing the DC-link voltage.By using the EL-cap-less solution,reliability can be improved,lifetime can be increased and high power factor(PF)also can be realized.The EL-cap-less STI brings the opportunity to simplify system structure and lower cost.Because a certain DC-link capacitance is still required,the real PF is limited.To further improve the PF,the ripple components of current references are made in synchronous with the DClink voltage.And the capacitance chosen guideline of the film-type capacitor also be presented.A prototype is built to verify its real performance.展开更多
基金supported by the Research Fund Program of the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology (Grant No.FC202204).
文摘Single zinc oxide nanowires(ZnO NWs)are promising for nanogenerators because of their excellent semiconducting and piezoelectric properties,but characterizing the latter efficiently is challenging.As reported here,an electrical breakdown strategy was used to construct single ZnO NWs with a specific length.With the high operability of a nanomanipulator in a scanning electron microscope,ZnO-NW-based twoprobe and three-probe structures were constructed for fabricating AC/DC nanogenerators,respectively.For a ZnO NW,an AC output of between−15.31 mV and 5.82 mV was achieved,while for a DC nanogenerator,an output of24.3 mV was realized.Also,the three-probe structure’s output method was changed to verify the distribution of piezoelectric charges when a single ZnO NW is bent by a probe,and DC outputs of different amplitudes were achieved.This study provides a low-cost,highly convenient,and operational method for studying the AC/DC output characteristics of single NWs,which is beneficial for the further development of nanogenerators.
文摘This article presents an ongoing study of the design of a DC-AC inverter using a single renewable energy source. The proposed approach makes it possible to produce an output with an H-bridge or full bridge and a single energy source. To this end, the performance of the inverter was studied first by means of a simulation and then with the implementation of an experimental device.
文摘This paper presents two kind to pologies of newtype single-stage inverter with half-bridge and push-pull con-struction.The half-bridge single-stage DC/AC topo-logyis suited for high input voltage,and the push-pull single stage DC/AC topology is suited for low input voltage.The principles lf the two topologies are introduced.Ths-oretical and experimental results verify that they are suit-ed for small power DC/AC applications because of the ex-cellent performances such as simple construction,smallvolume,light weight and high reliability.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.NT2018011)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2015M580424)
文摘The electrolytic-capacitor-less(EL-cap-less)technique has been attracting more and more interests in these years.The EL-cap-less single-phase to three-phase inverter(STI)with front-end diode rectifier is applied to home electrical appliances.In EL-cap-less systems,film-type capacitor is used to suppress the high-frequency ripple components instead of smoothing the DC-link voltage.By using the EL-cap-less solution,reliability can be improved,lifetime can be increased and high power factor(PF)also can be realized.The EL-cap-less STI brings the opportunity to simplify system structure and lower cost.Because a certain DC-link capacitance is still required,the real PF is limited.To further improve the PF,the ripple components of current references are made in synchronous with the DClink voltage.And the capacitance chosen guideline of the film-type capacitor also be presented.A prototype is built to verify its real performance.