The Adhesion-Enhanced Contact Electrification and Efficiency of Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2020
Linards Lapčinskis, Kaspars Mālnieks, Juris Blūms, Māris Knite, Sven Oras, Tanel Kaambre, Sergei Vlassov, Mikk Antsov, Martin Timusk, Andris Šutka

In the present work, the contact electrification of polymers that differ in adhesion strength is studied. Electrical current is measured along with adhesion in macroscale contacting-separation experiments. Additionally, local adhesion and roughness are studied with atomic force microscopy to get deeper insight into relations between surface properties and electrification. Measurements reveal that higher surface charge is formed on more adhesive surfaces, thus confirming covalent bond cleavage as a mechanism for contact electrification of polymers. Investigated materials possess enhanced contact electrification making them attractive candidates for the conversion of mechanical energy to electrical in triboelectric nanogenerator devices.


Keywords
contact electrification, energy conversion, material transfer, mechanical properties, surface analyses
DOI
10.1002/mame.201900638
Hyperlink
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mame.201900638

Lapčinskis, L., Mālnieks, K., Blūms, J., Knite, M., Oras, S., Kaambre, T., Vlassov, S., Antsov, M., Timusk, M., Šutka, A. The Adhesion-Enhanced Contact Electrification and Efficiency of Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2020, Vol. 305, No. 1, Article number 1900638. ISSN 1438-7492. Available from: doi:10.1002/mame.201900638

Publication language
English (en)
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