Polymer Triboelectrification Machanisms

Materials Science and Applied Chemistry: Abstract Book 2019
Andris Šutka, Kaspars Mālnieks, Linards Lapčinskis

The electron transfer between contacted polymers has been believed to be the mechanism for contact electrification so far [1]. However, due to the absence of free electrons alone, electron transfer between polymer insulators is doubtful. Instead, we have proposed that contact electrification of polymers occurs due to heterolytic bond cleavage.

Keywords
triboelectrification, nanogenerators, mechanical energy harvesting

Šutka, A., Mālnieks, K., Lapčinskis, L. Polymer Triboelectrification Machanisms. In: Materials Science and Applied Chemistry: Abstract Book, Latvia, Riga, 24-24 October, 2019. Riga: RTU, 2019, pp.13-13.

Publication language
English (en)