Ultra-Flexible and Large-Area Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators with a Sandpaper-Induced Surface Microstructure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of PDMS-Based Ag@CF Composites and T-TENG
2.3. Material Characterization
2.4. Performance Measurement
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of the Ultra-Flexible and Large-Scale T-TENG
3.2. Operation Mechanism of T-TENG
3.3. Electric Performances of T-TENG
3.4. Application of the T-TENG Based on the Optimized P3000-PACF Film
3.5. Electromechanical Responses of P3000-T-TENG
4. Theoretical Analysis and Verification for the T-TENG
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Electrodes | Deposition Method | Area of the Surface | Maximum Load | Maximum Open Voltage | Maximum Power Density |
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Fiber-based TENG [9] | Coating | 40 × 40 mm2 | ~11 N | 150 V | ~85 mW m−2 |
All-fiber TENG [10] | Electrospinning | 60 × 50 mm2 | - | 210 V | 700 mW m−2 |
Single fiber-based TENG [11] | Chemical grow | π × (22)2 μm2 | - | 7 mV | - |
Textile-based TENG [12] | Coating | 60 × 25 mm2 | 34–39 N | 23.39 V | ~1 mW m−2 |
Textile-based TENG [3] | Hot pressure | 70 × 70 mm2 | 100 mm s−1 | 368 V | 33.6 × 104 mW m−2 |
Textile-based TENG [13] | Coating | 100 × 100 mm2 | - | 40 V | - |
Textile-based TENG [4] | Coating | 50 × 50 mm2 | - | 50 V | 393.7 mW m−2 |
Textile-based TENG [1] | Laser-scribing making | 50 × 65 mm2 | 0.5 m s−1 | 120 V | 1900 mW m−2 |
Symbol | Value |
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Internal resistor, R | 8 (MΩ) |
Normal contact area, S0 | 762.73 (mm2) |
Effective surface factor, η | 1 |
Thickness of PDMS film, d0 | 200 (mm) |
Vacuum permittivity, ε0 | 8.854 × 10−12 (F m−1) |
Relative permittivity of PDMS film, εr | 3.4 |
Amplitude of the movement equation (gap), A | 5 (mm) |
Initial phase angle, φ | π/2 (rad) |
Angle velocity, ω | 2πf (rad s−1) |
Frequency, f | 3.24 (Hz) |
Initial surface charges density, σ | 160 (μC m−2) |
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Song, J.; Gao, L.; Tao, X.; Li, L. Ultra-Flexible and Large-Area Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators with a Sandpaper-Induced Surface Microstructure. Materials 2018, 11, 2120. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112120
Song J, Gao L, Tao X, Li L. Ultra-Flexible and Large-Area Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators with a Sandpaper-Induced Surface Microstructure. Materials. 2018; 11(11):2120. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112120
Chicago/Turabian StyleSong, Jian, Libo Gao, Xiaoming Tao, and Lixiao Li. 2018. "Ultra-Flexible and Large-Area Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators with a Sandpaper-Induced Surface Microstructure" Materials 11, no. 11: 2120. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112120