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. 2019 Apr 5;5(4):eaav6437. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6437

Fig. 1. Working principle of the DC-TENG.

Fig. 1

(A) (i) Phenomenon of the triboelectrification effect and electrostatic breakdown (lightning) in nature. (ii) Working mechanism of a conventional TENG. (B) A schematic illustration of the sliding mode DC-TENG. (C) Working mechanism of the sliding mode DC-TENG in full cyclic motion. (D) Equivalent circuit model of the DC-TENG. (E) Constant current output of the DC-TENG.