Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 98, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107289
Keywords
Triboelectric nanogenerators; Asymmetric permittivity manipulation; Electrospinning; High-output; Humidity-resistant
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Funding
- National Key Research and Devel-opment Program of China [2019YFB2004802]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51975542, 52175554]
- Innovative Research Group Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China [51821003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province [20210302123059, 201801D121152]
- National Defense Fundamental Research Project
- Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs ofHigher Education Institutions in Shanxi
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This study proposes a novel strategy to improve the output performance and humidity resistance of TENGs by manipulating the asymmetric permittivity. By using an electrospinning bilayer polycaprolactone nanofiber as the positive tribomaterial, the transferred charge of the TENG increases significantly. Moreover, a porous hydrophobic nanofiber helps to reduce the accumulation of water droplets on the material surface, ensuring stable output.
High-output triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are promising complements of chemical batteries in wearable systems. However, the charge dissipation on tribomaterials in moisture environments remains a challenge impacting the stable energy supply. Herein, asymmetric permittivity manipulation is proposed as a novel strategy to simultaneously improve the output performances and humidity resistance of TENGs. An electrospinning bilayer polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiber (BPF) composed of outer PCL and inner PCL/CNTs nanofibers which differ widely in permittivity is served as the efficient positive tribomaterial. Benefitting from the increased friction area and dual interfacial polarization in the bilayer dielectric, the transferred charge of the BPF-TENG increases by 740% compared to the PCL gel film-based device, reaching 210 nC at 1 Hz. Significantly, a high-speed camera system verifies that the porous hydrophobic PCL nanofiber with a water contact angle of 125 degrees can effectively reduce the accumulation of water droplet on the material surface, contributing to stable output from 20% to 80% relative humidity. The optimized BPF-TENG generates a high peak-to-peak voltage of 2.24 kV and a power density of 54 W/m(2) in 80% humidity. Besides, by harvesting biomechanical energy, a 1000 mu F capacitor can be charged to 3 V and continuously drive electronics to work in wet weather. This strategy can be extended to various commercialized tribo-negative polymers and enables large-scale industrial manufacturing of high-output and humidity-resistant TENGs.
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