About

Areas of specialism

Piezoelectric /Triboelectric Nanogenerators; Hybrdi Nanogenerators; Energy Harvesting; Self-Poered Sensors and Systems

My qualifications

Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering
Jeju National University, South korea
Master of Technology
Anna University, India

Previous roles

01 March 2020 - 07 July 2021
Post-docotral Associate (NRF Young Investigator Award)
Jeju National University, South korea

Affiliations and memberships

Royal Society of Chemistry
MRSC

Publications

BHASKAR DUDEM, RANDUNU DEVAGE ISHARA GIHAN DHARMASENA, Raheel Riaz, VIVEKANANTHAN VENKATESWARAN, K.G.U. Wijayantha, Paolo Lugli, Luisa Petti, S RAVI PRADIP SILVA (2022)Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator from Waste Materials for Autonomous Information Transmission via Morse Code, In: ACS applied materials & interfaces American Chemical Society

Electronic waste produced by plastic, toxic, and semiconducting components of existing electronic devices is dramatically increasing environmental pollution. To overcome these issues the use of eco-friendly materials for designing such devices are attaining great concern. This current work presents a recycled materials-based triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) made of plastic waste and carbon-coated paper wipes (C@PWs), in which the PWs also collected from a waste bin. The resultant C@PWs-based TENG is then used for powering low-power electronic devices, and later, to generate a Morse code from a wearable for autonomous communication. Other end-users in a customized LabVIEW programme decode the Morse code signals and read the transmitted message. With further redesigning, a 9-segment keyboard is developed using nine-TENGs, connected to an Arduino controller to display the 9-segment actuation on a computer screen. Based on the above analysis, our C@PW-TENG device is expected to have an impact on future self-powered sensors and IoT systems.

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