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Some measures to enhance the energy output performances of triboelectric nanogenerators

  • Dehan Kong , Wenjie Qin EMAIL logo , Mingsen Ba , Yu Sun und Xuning Li
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Abstract

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been developed as innovative devices for harvesting various forms of mechanical energy generated by our bodies and surroundings, which provide green and sustainable power for increasingly miniaturized and mobile electronics, especially wearables. In this article, the largest possible output energy per cycle of a TENG in the two basic working modes, namely, the vertical contact-separation (CS) mode and the contact-sliding (LS) mode, is analyzed and the energy collected by a capacitor is tested. It is found that more energy output and collected from a vertical CS mode TENG than that from a LS mode TENG with the same size and triboelectric layer materials when the size and displacement range of the TENG are suitable for a wearable energy harvesting device. In order to improve the energy output of a TENG, three methods have been proposed to increase its surface charge density, such as adding a BaTiO3 film or a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-BaTiO3 composite film between the triboelectric layer and the metal electrode, and using a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as a negative triboelectric layer, and corresponding TENGs are fabricated for experimental testing. These measures have effectively enhanced the output of the TENGs.

1 Introduction

Mechanical energy is produced by us and the surrounding environments at any time in various forms, such as human movement, tire rolling, wind and rain, etc. If this kind of energy can be effectively harvested, stored, and utilized, it will be of great significance to relieve the current energy pressure. For example, currently widely used wearable electronic devices are still powered by traditional batteries, which have some drawbacks such as short life, needing to be replaced, environmental pollution, and so on [1,2]. One solution is to collect mechanical energy generated by human movement to power wearable electronic devices. In 2012, Professor Zhonglin Wang first proposed Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs), which can generate charges through the contact or friction of two different materials and cause the flow of charges [3], thereby converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. TENGs have the advantages of low cost [4,5], lightweight design [6,7], readily available production materials [8,9], and high output performance [10,11,12], which provide a new way of harvesting mechanical energy for wearable devices [13,14,15,16,17].

TENGs can work in four modes: the vertical contact-separation (CS) mode [18,19], the contact-sliding (LS) mode [20], the single-electrode (SE) mode [21], and the freestanding triboelectric-layer (FT) mode [22]. The basic modes are the CS mode and the LS mode. The structure of a SE mode TENG or a FT mode TENG can also be classified as a CS structure TENG or a sliding structure TENG. In this article, considering the size and displacement range of TENGs used as wearable energy harvesting devices, we analyze whether the CS mode TENG or the LS mode TENG can output larger energy, and then consider how to enhance the energy output performance of this mode TENG.

Regarding enhancing the energy output performance of TENGs, researchers have conducted extensive work, such as increasing the output power density of TENGs by innovative structural design [23,24,25,26], and improving the collected and stored energy by energy management strategies [27,28,29,30] and resistive matching optimization [31,32,33,34]. Since the power density of a TENG is quadratically related to the triboelectric charge density, a lot of studies have been done to improve the surface charge density [35,36,37,38,39,40]. Kim et al. reported a method to increase the contact area between the metal electrode and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) triboelectric layer by patterning microstructure on the surface of PDMS through ultrafast laser irradiation [37], thereby improving the triboelectric charge density of the TENG device. Kim et al. adopted the parylene-deposited multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-PDMS films to improve the triboelectric performances by inducing interfacial polarization due to the difference in permittivity between the parylene derivatives and MWCNT-PDMS [38]. Chen et al. improved the energy output of a TENG by designing a feasible approach by filling the tribo-material of PDMS with high permittivity nanoparticles (NPs) and pores [39]. Wang et al. proposed a method of coupling surface polarization from triboelectrification and hysteretic dielectric polarization from ferroelectric materials by adding a BaTiO3 sheet between the triboelectric layer and the electrode, so that the output charge density of the TENG is enhanced from 142 μC/m2 in air to 1,003 μC/m2 in high vacuum [40].

The above works have provided inspiration for our study, and some effective methods are proposed in this study to improve the surface charge density and thus enhance the performance of the TENGs. First, since BaTiO3 is a lead-free material and is suitable for wearable devices, we adopted magnetron sputtering to prepare a thinner BaTiO3 film on the electrode compared with the brittle BaTiO3 sheet prepared in literature [40]. This resulted in the addition of a BaTiO3 film between the triboelectric layer and the electrode which is more flexible and suitable for wearable devices. Second, targeting to reduce production costs and considering that PDMS is a viscoelastic organosilicon polymer [41] which is commonly used as a matrix, we propose the method of adding BaTiO3 nanopowders into PDMS to form a flexible PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film and using this composite film to replace the BaTiO3 film in the first method. Moreover, regarding that PDMS is also an electronegative material, we consider using a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as a negative triboelectric layer to prepare a TENG with higher surface charge density. Finally, these designed TENGs are fabricated for experimental verification.

2 Energy output by TENGs in different modes

In this article, only the energy output performances of a CS mode TENG and a LS mode TENG are examined. According to the literature [42], the largest possible output energy generated in one reciprocating motion cycle from a TENG is

(1) E m = 1 2 Q SC,max ( V OC,max + V max ) ,

where V OC,max is the maximum open circuit voltage at Q = 0, Q SC,max is the maximum short-circuit transferred charge, and V’ max is the maximum achievable absolute voltage at Q = Q SC,max [42].

The explicit analytical relationship between E m and the open circuit voltage which is easier to measure is further derived below.

2.1 Largest possible output energy per cycle from a CS mode TENG

The principle of a CS mode TENG is shown in Figure 1. The sizes of the contact surfaces of the upper and lower triboelectric layers are the same. The thicknesses of the two triboelectric layers are d 1 and d 2. The relative permittivity values of the triboelectric layer materials are ε r1 and ε r2. The distance between the two triboelectric layers is x (t). When the triboelectric layers with different materials come into contact, equal density of positive and negative electrostatic charges, +σ and −σ, will be generated on the surfaces of the two triboelectric layers due to the contact electrification. When the two contact surfaces are separated under the action of external force, an induced potential difference V will be generated between the two electrodes to drive the electrons transfer in the external circuit.

Figure 1 
                  Principle of a CS mode TENG.
Figure 1

Principle of a CS mode TENG.

When the size of the contact surface of the two triboelectric layers is much larger than d 1 + d 2 + x V,max, (x V,max is the maximum separation distance), the maximum open circuit voltage between the two electrodes is

(2) V OC , max = σ x V,max ε 0 .

If the two electrodes are short circuited, the maximum transferred charge value is Q SC,max, and the relationship between Q SC,max and V OC,max is

(3) Q SC , max = S ε 0 V OC, max d 0 + x V, max ,

where d 0 = d 1 ε r 1 + d 2 ε r 2 . is the effective thickness, and S is the area of the triboelectric layer.

Since V' max = Q SC,max/C, where C is the capacitance value of the TENG when the two triboelectric layers are completely overlapped, V' max is expressed by V OC,max as

(4) V max = d 0 d 0 + x V, max V OC , max .

Substituting equations (3) and (4) in equation (1), the relationship between E m, that is expressed as E m,V here, and V OC,max of a CS mode TENG is

(5) E m,V = S ε 0 ( 2 d 0 + x max ) 2 ( d 0 + x max ) 2 V OC , max 2 .

2.2 Largest possible output energy per cycle of a LS mode TENG

The working principle of a LS mode TENG is illustrated in Figure 2. When one of the triboelectric layers of a LS mode TENG (dielectric 1 in Figure 2) slides along the contact surface with a distance of x, equal amounts of positive and negative charges will be distributed on the non-contact surfaces due to frictional electrification if the triboelectric layer size is much larger than d 1 + d 2. The charge densities in the non-overlapping areas are and −σ, and the charge densities in the overlapping areas are σ x l x and σ x l x on the bottom and top triboelectric layer surfaces [20].

Figure 2 
                  Principle of a LS mode TENG.
Figure 2

Principle of a LS mode TENG.

When the sliding distance reaches the maximum value x S,max, the open circuit voltage V OC reaches the maximum value as

(6) V OC,max = σ x S,max d 0 ( l x S,max ) ε 0 .

If the short-circuit transfer charge amount reaches the maximum value Q SC,max, the relationship between Q SC,max and V OC,max is

(7) Q SC, max = w ε 0 ( l x S, max ) V OC, max d 0 .

V' max can be expressed by V OC,max as

(8) V max = l x S, max l V OC, max .

Substituting equations (7) and (8) in equation (1), the relationship between E m, that is expressed as E m,S here, and V OC,max of a LS mode TENG is

(9) E m,S = ( l x max ) ( 2 l x max ) w ε 0 V OC,max 2 2 l d 0 .

Considering the size of a TENG used as a wearable energy harvesting device is generally in the range of 10 mm × 10 mm to 200 mm × 200 mm (the area S is generally between 100 and 40,000 mm2), which is much larger than the thicknesses of the triboelectric layers, and assuming that the separation distance in a CS mode TENG is 1 mm, the electric field between the TENG triboelectric layers can still be thought to be uniform according to Ahmed et al.’s research on the TENG electric field model that changes with distance [43]. For the LS mode TENG, the sliding distance is set to be 0.95 l. Assuming two TENGs with the same size and the same surface charge density σ, the calculated changes in E m,V and E m,S with S by equations (5) and (9) are shown in Figure 3. It can be seen that the largest possible output energy per cycle of the CS mode TENG is always more than that of the LS mode TENG at this motion scale. It can be inferred that the largest possible output energy per cycle of a vertical CS FT mode TENG or a SE mode TENG is always more than that of an LS FT mode TENG or a SE mode TENG. A similar conclusion is obtained in the study by Yunlong [42], in which the maximum structural figure-of-merit value of TENGs among different maximum displacements is adopted as a standard for quantifying the performance of TENGs, i.e., the maximum structural figure-of-merit value of a CS mode TENG is greater than that of a LS mode TENG. Moreover, the maximum figure-of-merit value of a vertical CS FT mode TENG is also greater than that of the LS FT mode TENG.

Figure 3 
                  Relationships between E
                     m and S of CS mode and LS mode TENGs.
Figure 3

Relationships between E m and S of CS mode and LS mode TENGs.

2.3 Harvesting TENG energy using a capacitor

The maximum value of energy per cycle that can be generated by a TENG is obtained under specific load conditions [42]. In an actual operation condition such as the case that a TENG is used as a wearable energy harvesting device, the energy generated per reciprocating motion cycle of a TENG cannot reach this value, and it is also inconvenient to measure. Therefore, the circuit shown in Figure 4(a) is applied to measure the energy collected by a capacitor, which is adopted to investigate the energy output performance of a TENG in this article. In Figure 4(a), the alternating current generated by the TENG is stored in the capacitor after being rectified by the rectifier bridge and filtered by the capacitor. The electric energy collected by the capacitor, E S, is calculated by

(10) E S = C L ( V 2 2 V 1 2 ) 2 ,

where C L is the energy storage capacitor, V 1 is the initial voltage of the energy storage capacitor before the TENG works, and V 2 is the voltage of the capacitor after the TENG works for a period of time.

Figure 4 
                  Collecting energy from a TENG using a capacitor. (a) Electric energy collection circuit. (b) Structure of the TENG. (c) Voltage curves of the capacitor that collects energy from a TENG with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm. (d) Voltage curves of the capacitor that collects energy from a TENG with the size of 60 mm × 30 mm. (e) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with a size of 20 mm × 10 mm performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.
Figure 4

Collecting energy from a TENG using a capacitor. (a) Electric energy collection circuit. (b) Structure of the TENG. (c) Voltage curves of the capacitor that collects energy from a TENG with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm. (d) Voltage curves of the capacitor that collects energy from a TENG with the size of 60 mm × 30 mm. (e) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with a size of 20 mm × 10 mm performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.

In this study, two TENGs with the sizes of 20 mm × 10 mm and 60 mm × 30 mm are fabricated, in which a 0.1 mm thick polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film is used as the positive triboelectric layer, a 0.08 mm thick polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film is used as the negative triboelectric layer, and two copper films with a thickness of 0.06 mm are used as the two electrodes, as shown in Figure 4(b). A stepper motor is used to drive one triboelectric layer of the TENG to perform a reciprocating CS with a displacement of 1 mm or an LS with a horizontal displacement of 0.95 l relative to the other triboelectric layer at a frequency of 1 Hz (Video S1). According to the research by Niu et al. [44], the optimum load capacitance that matches the TENGs impedance is proportional to the charging cycle numbers and the inherent capacitance of the TENG. Due to the small inherent capacitances of the TENGs fabricated in this study, the capacitance of the energy storage capacitor is 1 μF. In order to avoid the influence of the voltage source in the external environment on the charging of the capacitor, the initial voltage of the capacitor is set as 2 V. The voltage curves of the capacitor adopted to collect the energy from the two TENGs operating for 1 min are shown in Figure 4(c) and (d), respectively. For the TENG with a size of 20 mm × 10 mm working in the CS mode and the SL mode for 60 s, the voltage values of the energy storage capacitor, V 2, are 2.66 and 2.51 V, and the average electrical energy stored by the capacitor in a single working cycle, i.e., the actual collected electrical energy per cycle, is 2.56 × 10−8 J and 1.92 × 10−8 J, respectively. For the TENG with a size of 60 mm × 30 mm working in the CS mode and the LS mode for 60 s, the voltage values of the energy storage capacitor, V 2, are 5.30 and 4.60 V, and the average electrical energy stored by the capacitor in a single working cycle is 2.00 × 10−7 J and 1.43 × 10−7 J, respectively. It can be seen that the TENGs fabricated in this study collect more energy when working in the CS mode than in the LS mode. This is consistent with the conclusion using the largest possible output energy per cycle as an indicator. It can be concluded that for a TENG with the same size and the same triboelectric layer materials used as a wearable energy harvesting device, the energy collected in the CS mode is more than that in the LS mode.

3 Improving surface charge density of TENGs

From the analysis of the largest possible output energy of a TENG in a single cycle in Section 2, it can be seen that increasing the maximum open circuit voltage, which means increasing the surface charge density, is an effective measure to improve the energy output performance of the TENG. The measured voltage of the TENG with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm operating in the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm under the open circuit condition is shown in Figure 4(e) (Video S2), and the corresponding triboelectric charge density is 23.6 μC/m2. In this section, three effective methods are proposed to improve the surface charge density, and corresponding TENGs are fabricated for experimental verification.

3.1 Adding a BaTiO3 film between the triboelectric layer and the metal electrode

BaTiO3 is a typical ferroelectric material that exhibits dielectric polarization in an electric field, and there will be residual polarization in it after the electric field is withdrawn due to the hysteretic characteristics. When it is adhered to a triboelectric layer, the charge densities on the surfaces of the triboelectric layers will be increased by the coupling effect of the surface polarization from triboelectrification and the hysteretic dielectric polarization [40]. In this study, the radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering process is employed to sputter BaTiO3 onto a copper film to form a BaTiO3 film on the copper film electrode, which is adhered to the back of the negative triboelectric layer to produce a TENG with a size of 20 mm × 10 mm. The structure is shown in Figure 5(a), and the SEM image of the BaTiO3 film is shown in Figure 5(b). With the separation movement of triboelectric layer in the TENG, an electric field is generated between the two electrodes, and the BaTiO3 film undergoes dielectric polarization in the electric field. When the triboelectric layers are in contact with each other and the electric field intensity between the two electrodes is zero, there will be residual polarization in the BaTiO3 film due to dielectric hysteresis, which will improve the ability of the negative triboelectric layer to capture electrons and thereby increase the surface charge density.

Figure 5 
                  TENGs with BaTiO3 films. (a) Structure of the TENG. (b) SEM image of the BaTiO3 film. (c) Voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor to collect power output from the TENGs with the BaTiO3 films with different thicknesses. (d) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with a 200 nm thick BaTiO3 film performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.
Figure 5

TENGs with BaTiO3 films. (a) Structure of the TENG. (b) SEM image of the BaTiO3 film. (c) Voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor to collect power output from the TENGs with the BaTiO3 films with different thicknesses. (d) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with a 200 nm thick BaTiO3 film performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.

In this study, the TENGs with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm and the BaTiO3 films with different thicknesses between the PTFE layer and the metal electrode are fabricated which are allowed to perform the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm and a frequency of 1 Hz for 60 s. The same capacitor C L as in Section 2.3 is used to harvest the energy of the TENGs, and the voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor are shown in Figure 5(c). According to equation (10), it can be derived that the energy collected by the capacitor from the TENG with the BaTiO3 film with a thickness of 200 nm is largest. The average electric energy collected by the capacitor from this TENG in a single working cycle is 5.58 × 10−8 J, which is an increase of 118.0% compared to that from the TENG without a BaTiO3 film. The voltage of this TENG measured under the open circuit condition is shown in Figure 5(d) (Video S3). The corresponding surface charge density of the TENG is 42.5 μC/m2, which is 80.1% higher than that of the TENG without a BaTiO3 film.

3.2 Adding a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film between the triboelectric layer and the metal electrode

The process of producing BaTiO3 films by RF magnetron sputtering is relatively complex and costly. Therefore, it is considered to add BaTiO3 nanopowders (its X-Ray diffraction [XRD] with Reitveld refinement fit is shown in Figure 6(h)) into the PDMS to form a composite ferroelectric film. Moreover, a trace amount of Dy2O3 is added into it because of its superior electrical and dielectric properties [45], and MWCNTs are added as a dispersant and stress enhancer, then a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film is made to replace the BaTiO3 film. Four composite films with the BaTiO3 mass fractions of 12 and 24% and the Dy2O3 mass fractions of 1 and 2% are prepared, as shown in Figure 6(a). The composite film is adhered to the back of the negative triboelectric layer to fabricate the TENG with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film and the size of 20 mm × 10 mm. The structure is shown in Figure 6(b). Then, the TENGs are allowed to perform the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm and a frequency of 1 Hz for 60 s. Using the same energy storage capacitor C L as before, its voltage curves are shown in Figure 6(c). It can be derived that the energy collected by the capacitor from the TENG with a composite film with a mass fraction of BaTiO3 of 24% and a mass fraction of Dy2O3 of 1% is largest. The SEM image, energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) spectra, and P-E hysteresis loop of this composite film are shown in Figure 6(e)–(g). The average electric energy collected by the capacitor from this TENG in a single working cycle is 3.92 × 10−8 J, which is 53.1% higher than that from the TENG without a composite film. The voltage of this TENG measured under the open circuit condition is shown in Figure 6(d) (Video S4). The corresponding surface charge density of the TENG is 32.3 μC/m2, which is 36.9% higher than that of the TENG without a composite film. Although the collected energy and the surface charge density of the TENG with the composite film are not as large as those of the TENG with the 200 nm thick BaTiO3 film, the composite film is easier to produce, incurs low cost, and thus more practical.

Figure 6 
                  TENGs with PDMS-BaTiO3 composite films. (a) Photograph of the composite film. (b) Structure of the TENG. (c) Voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor to collect power output from the TENGs with the composite films of different compositions. (d) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with composite film with a mass fraction of BaTiO3 of 24% and a mass fraction of Dy2O3 of 1% performs CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm. (e) SEM image of the composite film. (f) EDS spectra of the composite film (the gold element is produced by spraying gold on the sample during detection). (g) P-E hysteresis loop of the composite film. (h) XRD with Reitveld refinement fit of BaTiO3 particles.
Figure 6

TENGs with PDMS-BaTiO3 composite films. (a) Photograph of the composite film. (b) Structure of the TENG. (c) Voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor to collect power output from the TENGs with the composite films of different compositions. (d) Voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with composite film with a mass fraction of BaTiO3 of 24% and a mass fraction of Dy2O3 of 1% performs CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm. (e) SEM image of the composite film. (f) EDS spectra of the composite film (the gold element is produced by spraying gold on the sample during detection). (g) P-E hysteresis loop of the composite film. (h) XRD with Reitveld refinement fit of BaTiO3 particles.

3.3 Using a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as the negative triboelectric layer

Adding BaTiO3 nanopowders to a dielectric material can improve the relative permittivity of the material, thereby increasing the surface charge density of the material [38]. Considering that PDMS is a material with high electronegative properties, it can also be used as the material for the negative triboelectric layer of a TENG. In this study, the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film containing 24% BaTiO3 mass fraction and 1% Dy2O3 mass fraction in Section 3.2 is directly used as the negative triboelectric layer to fabricate the TENG with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm, and its structure is shown in Figure 7(a). The TENG is allowed to perform the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm and a frequency of 1 Hz for 60 s. Using the same energy storage capacitor C L as before, the voltage curves of the capacitor which is employed to harvest the power from the TENGs with the PDMS negative triboelectric layer and with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite negative triboelectric layer are shown in Figure 7(b). The average electric energy collected by the capacitor in a single working cycle is calculated to be 2.04 × 10−8 J and 3.72 × 10−8 J, respectively. The energy collected from the TENG using the composite film as the negative triboelectric layer is 82.4% higher than the energy collected from the TENG using the PDMS negative triboelectric layer. The voltage of the TENG with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite negative triboelectric layer measured under the open circuit condition is shown in Figure 7(c) (Video S5). The corresponding surface charge density of this TENG is 30.9 μC/m2. Compared with the surface charge density of the TENG with the PDMS negative triboelectric layer, i.e., 21.8 μC/m2, the surface charge density of the TENG with the composite negative triboelectric layer is 41.7% higher.

Figure 7 
                  The TENG with a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as the negative triboelectric layer. (a) Structural of the TENG with the PDMS negative triboelectric layer (the left) and the TENG with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite negative triboelectric layer (the right). (b) The voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor employed to harvest the power from the TENGs using PDMS and the composite film as the negative triboelectric layer materials. (c) The voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with the composite negative triboelectric layer performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.
Figure 7

The TENG with a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as the negative triboelectric layer. (a) Structural of the TENG with the PDMS negative triboelectric layer (the left) and the TENG with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite negative triboelectric layer (the right). (b) The voltage curves of the energy storage capacitor employed to harvest the power from the TENGs using PDMS and the composite film as the negative triboelectric layer materials. (c) The voltage measured under the open circuit condition when the TENG with the composite negative triboelectric layer performs the CS reciprocating motion with a displacement of 1 mm.

3.4 Performance evaluation of the TENGs

From the analysis of the largest possible output energy of a TENG in a single cycle in Section 2, it can be concluded that the output energy of a TENG is quadratically related to the surface charge density, so surface charge density is used here to characterize the performance of various generators, and the energy collected by the capacitor is also compared, as shown in Table 1. It can be seen that compared with the PTFE-PET TENG without any improvement measures taken, the performance of the TENG has been improved by adding a BaTiO3 film or a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film between the triboelectric layer and the metal electrode, and using a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film as a negative triboelectric layer.

Table 1

Comparison of surface charge density and collected energy of various designed TENGs

TENG type PTFE-PET TENG PTFE-PET TENG with a BaTiO3 film PTFE-PET TENG with a PDMS-BaTiO3 film PDMS-BaTiO3 film-PET TENG
Surface charge density/(μC/m2) 23.6 42.5 32.3 30.9
Collected energy/J 2.56 × 10−8 5.58 × 10−8 3.92 × 10−8 3.72 × 10−8

To evaluate the long-term stability of the TENGs fabricated in this study, the comparison of the average values of voltage under the open circuit condition and surface charge density of the TENGs measured in the dry spring and humid summer environments is shown in Table 2. It can be seen that the voltage and surface charge density values of the three TENGs in the humid environment have decreased compared to those in the dry environment. Among them, the stability of the PTFE-PET TENG with a BaTiO3 film is best, while the stability of the other two TENGs is slightly worse. When used as wearable devices, packaging measures can be taken to reduce the impact of the environment.

Table 2

Average values of voltage under the open circuit condition and surface charge density of the TENGs measured in the dry spring and humid summer environments

TENG type Voltage (V) Charge density (μC/m2)
Dry spring Humid summer Dry spring Humid summer
PTFE-PET TENG with a BaTiO3 film 27.0 26.7 42.5 42.0
PTFE-PET TENG with a PDMS-BaTiO3 film 20.8 19.4 32.3 30.5
PDMS-BaTiO3 film-PET TENG 19.8 18.1 30.9 28.5

4 Experimental section

4.1 Production of the BaTiO3 film between the triboelectric layer and the electrode

The BaTiO3 thin film is deposited by RF magnetron sputtering on the copper electrode using the MSP 300B magnetron sputtering instrument made in China. The sputtering time is about 2 h for every 100 nm thick BaTiO 3 film.

4.2 Production of the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film with added Dy2O3

First, the BaTiO3 NPs (average diameters: 10 nm, Shenzhen Runyou Chemical Co., Ltd), MWCNTs (average inner diameter: 4.0 nm, average outer diameter: 11.5 nm, average length: 7.5 μm, Shenzhen Suiheng Graphene Technology Co. Ltd), and Dy2O3 powder (average diameter: 20 nm, Shenzhen Runyou Chemical Co., Ltd) are fully stirred and dispersed in the PDMS (Sylgard 184, Dow Corning) liquid. Then, the diffusion oil (the amount is 1% of the mass of PDMS, Kangjin New Materials Technology Co., Ltd) is added to solve the dispersion problem and flocculation phenomenon of BaTiO3 NPs and MWCNTs. Finally, the mixed liquid is placed in a glass Petri dish, and is cured for 45 min at a temperature of 100°C in an oven to obtain the composite film with good flexibility.

4.3 Energy harvesting using a capacitor

A stepper motor is used to drive one triboelectric layer of the TENG to perform a reciprocating CS with a displacement of 1 mm in the CS mode or a LS mode with a horizontal displacement of 0.95 l in the LS mode relative to the other triboelectric layer at a frequency of 1 Hz. A Keithley 6514 electrometer is used to measure the voltage of the TENG under the open circuit condition. A capacitor is adopted to collect the energy output form the TENG, and a Keithley DAQ 6510 multimeter is used to measure its voltage. In order to avoid the influence of the voltage source in the external environment on the charging of the capacitor, the initial voltage of the capacitor is set as 2 V. Then, the electric energy collected by the capacitor can be calculated by equation (10) based on the voltage difference on the capacitor.

5 Conclusion

Considering the size range of TENGs used as wearable energy harvesting devices, assuming that the maximum separation distance of TENGs in the CS mode is 1 mm, and the maximum sliding distance of TENGs in the LS mode is 0.95 l, it can be concluded through calculation and experimental measurement that the electrical energy generated and harvested from the CS TENG in one reciprocating motion is always greater than that from the LS TENG if the size and triboelectric layer materials of the TENGs are the same.

Adding a BaTiO3 film between the triboelectric layer and the electrode can effectively improve the surface charge density of the TENG, thereby increasing its energy output. In this article, the TENG with the size of 20 mm × 10 mm and the 200 nm thick BaTiO3 film between the PTFE layer and the copper electrode and the PET positive triboelectric layer is fabricated. The electrical energy collected by the energy storage capacitor per cycle from this TENG operating in the CS mode is 118.0% higher than that collected from the TENG of the same size without a BaTiO3 film.

Adding a PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film between the triboelectric layer and the electrode is a low-cost method that can improve the surface charge density and thereby increase the energy output of the TENG. In this article, the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite films with different compositions are added between the PTFE layer and the copper electrode. Compared with the TENG of the same size without a composite film, the electric energy collected by the capacitor per cycle from the TENGs with the composite films working in the CS mode is improved. The collected electric energy per cycle from the TENG with the composite film adding 24% BaTiO3 mass fraction and 1% Dy2O3 mass fraction is largest, which is 53.1% higher than that from the TENG without a composite film.

The PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film with added Dy2O3 can also be directly used as a negative triboelectric layer material. Compared with the energy collected from the TENG of the same size with the PDMS negative triboelectric layer, the electrical energy collected by the capacitor per cycle from the TENG with the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite negative triboelectric layer working in the CS mode has increased by 82.4%. Therefore, the PDMS-BaTiO3 composite film with added Dy2O3 can also effectively enhance the energy output of TENGs.

  1. Funding information: This work is supported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (No. 3030021221910).

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Data availability statement: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.

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Accepted: 2024-10-31
Published Online: 2024-11-25

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