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Increasing surface charge density by effective charge accumulation layer inclusion for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2019

Aravind Narain Ravichandran ,
Marc Ramuz Open the ORCID record for Marc Ramuz in new tab/window[Opens in a new window]  and
Sylvain Blayac
Aravind Narain Ravichandran
Affiliation:
Mines Saint-Etienne, Department of Flexible Electronics, Center of Microelectronics in Provence, Gardanne, France
Marc Ramuz
Affiliation:
Mines Saint-Etienne, Department of Flexible Electronics, Center of Microelectronics in Provence, Gardanne, France
Sylvain Blayac
Affiliation:
Mines Saint-Etienne, Department of Flexible Electronics, Center of Microelectronics in Provence, Gardanne, France
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ramuz@emse.fr
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Abstract

Powering autonomous electronic devices is a key challenge toward the development of smart sensor networks. In this work, a state-of-the-art triboelectric nanogenerator is devised to enhance the output performance with an effective surface charge density of 70.2 µC/m2, which is 140 times higher than the initial results. Thin film Parylene-C material is deposited to increase charge accumulation by allowing the acceptance of more charges and enhance output performance by a factor of 10. By considering the merit of simple fabrication, we believe the effective charge inclusion layer will be an ideal energy source for low-power portable electronics.

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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 682 - 689
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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