A highly reliable, impervious and sustainable triboelectric nanogenerator as a zero-power consuming active pressure sensor.

ABSTRACT: The triboelectric effect is one of the most trending effects in energy harvesting technologies, which use one of the most common effects in daily life. Herein, an impervious silicone elastomer-based triboelectric nanogenerator (SE-TENG) is reported with a micro roughness-created silicone elastomer film and Ni foam as triboelectric layers with opposite surface charges. The surface roughness modification process was performed via a cost-effective soft lithography technique using sandpaper. The replicated film was then used as the negative triboelectric layer and porous Ni foam was used as the positive triboelectric layer. The device exhibited the advantage of high stability due to the porous nature of the Ni foam, which could not damage the roughness pattern of the elastomer film. The

SUBMITTER: Vivekananthan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419703 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature