Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 2893-2899Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00416
Keywords
integrated device; silicon solar cell; triboelectric nanogenerator; energy harvesting; shared electrode configuration
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFA0202402]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91123005, 61674108, 21274087, 61504089, U1432249]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
- 111 Projects
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M610346]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK20170343]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX17_2043]
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Solar cells, as promising devices for converting light into electricity, have a dramatically reduced performance on rainy days. Here, an energy harvesting structure that integrates a solar cell and a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) device is built to realize power generation from both sunlight and raindrops. A heterojunction silicon (Si) solar cell is integrated with a TENG by a mutual electrode of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) film. Regarding the solar cell, imprinted PEDOT:PSS is used to reduce light reflection, which leads to an enhanced short-circuit current density. A single-electrode-mode water-drop TENG on the solar cell is built by combining imprinted polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as a triboelectric material combined with a PEDOT:PSS layer as an electrode. The increasing contact area between the imprinted PDMS and water drops greatly improves the output of the TENG with a peak short-circuit current of similar to 33.0 nA and a peak open-circuit voltage of similar to 2.14 V, respectively. The hybrid energy harvesting system integrated electrode configuration can combine the advantages of high current level of a solar cell and high voltage of a TENG device, promising an efficient approach to collect energy from the environment in different weather conditions.
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