Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 424-431Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.035
Keywords
Hybrid energy harvester; Moth's eye mimicking structure; Waterbased; Triboelectric nanogenerator; Switching circuit; Self-cleaning; Property
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Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) - Korea government(MSIT) [2017R1A2A1A05001090]
- Convergence Technology Development Program for Bionic Arm through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT AMP
- Future Planning [2014M3C1B2048632, 2014M3C1B2048177]
- Agency for Defense Development in Korea [UE161007RD]
- Basic Research Program of Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Republic of Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant - Korea government [2016R1A6A3A11931103]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2016R1A6A3A11931103] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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As a combination of solar cell and water-based triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), new concept of a solar-cell-based hybrid energy harvester has been proposed. However, previous studies have not fully considered the degradation of optical characteristics due to water-based TENG and energy loss due to an ineffective electrical connection between solar cell and water-based TENG. The 1% degradation in light transmittance by applying the water-based TENG on its outermost part results in more than 1 mW/cm(2) output power loss in a solar cell, which cannot be recovered by the instantaneous electrical energy output of water-based TENG. Herein, we report a moth's eye mimicking TENG (MM-TENG), which can play a role of complementary energy harvester to a conventional solar cell due to its superior specular transmittance (maximum of 91% for visible light). For the first time, we deeply analyze the optical effect of the MM-TENG on a solar cell by investigating solar-weighted transmittance (SWT). The 0.01% improved SWT in the MM-TENG increases the fill factor and power conversion efficiency of solar cell by 0.5% and 0.17%, respectively, compared with a conventional protective glass plate which is always applied in a solar panel. In addition to such prominent high transmittance, the self-cleaning property of the MM-TENG enables the long-term performance of the solar panel. And particularly, this paper reports a novel electric circuit for effective management in a hybrid energy harvester by intermittently transferring the stabilized electrical energy output of the MM-TENG. This work, which addresses issues for the practical utilization of the water-based TENG as a complementary energy harvester to solar cell, would move the water-based TENG one step closer to its practical utilization by resolving critical concerns.
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