Zinc Vanadate Phosphor Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator (A Novel Self-Powered Luminescent Device)

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Authors

Muddamalla Rakshita¹ , Divi Haranath¹

1. Energy Materials and Devices (EMD) Lab, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Wara

Conference / event

Conference on Innovations in Materials Science and Workshop on Characterization Techniques, April 2024 (IIT Roorkee, India)

Poster summary

Exploring various kinds of materials in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) research is still an exciting and expanding topic. This study represents a significant milestone in this path by adding phosphor material, specifically zinc vanadate (Zn3V2O8, ZVO), to TENG technology for the first time. TENG technology has been used for energy harvesting with ZVO, an active triboelectric material. To make the TENG device, we used a fabrication method that involved applying fine ZVO powder to an aluminum tape and removing the loosely bonded powder with an air gun coupled to a nitrogen gas cylinder. The manufactured TENG produces an output voltage of 515 V and a current of 178 µA, yielding an exceptional power density of 6.9 W/m². Furthermore, we demonstrate the feasibility of this breakthrough by powering 360 series-connected LEDs and electroluminescent devices with a single hand tap, as well as investigating ZVO's luminescence features.

Keywords

TENG, Phosphor, Zinc Vanadate

Research areas

Physics

References

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Funding

1. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (No. 09/0922(11518)/2021-EMR-I)
2. Department of Science and Technology (No. CRG/2021/007142)

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Additional information

Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Creative Commons license

Copyright © 2024 Rakshita et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.