Mechanical-to-Electric Energy Conversion by Mechanically Driven Flow of Electrolytes Confined in Nanochannels

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, U.S.A. Program of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A. Department of Structural Engineering, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A. Columbia Nanomechanics Research Center, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea International Center for Applied Mechanics, SV Lab, School of Aerospace, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China E-mail: [email protected]