Journal
NANO RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 272-279Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3470-4
Keywords
two-step plasma etching; O-2 and Ar plasma; CF4 free; triboelectric nanogenerator; power output enhancement
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- RNN program of the NANOTEC
- NSTDA
- Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI)
- Khon Kaen University, Thailand
- Thailand Research Fund [MRG6280196]
- Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP)
- Basic Research Fund of Khon Kaen University
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Surface modification of PTFE TENG using a two-step plasma etching process enhances energy conversion performance, increasing power density significantly. The use of sequential two-step O-2/Ar plasma modification results in improved surface area and charge trapping sites, leading to intensified triboelectric charge density and enhanced power output for PTFE-based TENG.
In this work, the surface modification using a two-steps plasma etching has been developed for enhancing energy conversion performance in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). Enhancing surface area by a powerful O-2 and Ar bipolar pulse plasma etching without the use of CF4 gas has been demonstrated for the first time. TENG with modified surface PTFE using a sequential two-step O-2/Ar plasma has a superior power density of 9.9 Wm(-2), which is almost thirty times higher than that of a pristine PTFE TENG. The synergistic combination of high surface area and charge trapping sites due to chemical bond defects achieved from the use of a sequential O-2/Ar plasma gives rise to the intensified triboelectric charge density and the enhancement of power output of PTFE-based TENG. The effects of plasma species and plasma etching sequence on surface morphologies and surface chemical species were investigated by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The correlation of surface morphology, chemical structure, and TENG performance was elucidated. In addition, the applications of mechanical energy harvesting for lighting, charging capacitors, keyboard sensing and operating a portable calculator were demonstrated.
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