Patent ID: 8003982
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H01L,H02N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electric power generator, comprising: a. a first conductive layer having a first surface; b. a plurality of semiconducting piezoelectric nanostructures extending upwardly from the first surface; c. a second conductive layer having a second surface and disposed parallel to the first conductive layer so that the second surface faces the first surface of the first conductive layer; d. a plurality of conductive nanostructures depending downwardly from the second surface, the second conductive layer spaced apart from the first conductive layer at a distance so that when a force is applied to at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, at least one of the semiconducting piezoelectric nanostructures engages at least one of the plurality of conductive nanostructures so that the at least one of the semiconducting piezoelectric nanostructures bends, thereby generating a potential difference across the at least one of the semiconducting piezoelectric nanostructures and also thereby forming a Schottky barrier between the at least one of the semiconducting piezoelectric nanostructures and the at least one of the conductive nanostructures.