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Nano Research 2022, 15(3): 2060-2068 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3797-x
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Transparent, stretchable, temperature-stable and self-healing ionogel-based triboelectric nanogenerator for biomechanical energy collection

Show Author's Information Weiqiang Liao1,§,  Xiukun Liu1,§,  Yuqi Li1( ),  Xu Xu1,  Jinxing Jiang2,  Shaorong Lu1,  Dequan Bao2,  Zhen Wen2( ),  Xuhui Sun2( )
Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

§Weiqiang Liao and Xiukun Liu contributed equally to this work.

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A flexible and stable power supply is essential to the rapid development of wearable electronic devices. In this work, a transparent, flexible, temperature-stable and ionogel electrode-based self-healing triboelectric nanogenerator (IS-TENG) was developed. The ionogel with excellent stretchability (1,012%), high ionic conductivity (0.3 S·m−1) and high-temperature stability (temperature range of −77 to 250 °C) was used as the electrode of the IS-TENG. The IS-TENG exhibited excellent transparency (92.1%) and stability. The output performance did not decrease when placed in a 60 °C oven for 48 h. In addition, the IS-TENG behaved like a stable output in the range of −20 to 60 °C. More importantly, the IS-TENG could also achieve self-healing of electrical performance at temperatures between −20 and 60 °C and its output can be restored to its original state after healing. When the single-electrode IS-TENG with an area of 3 cm × 3 cm was conducted under the working frequency of 1.5 Hz, the output values for open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, short-circuit transferred charge, and maximum peak power density were 189 V, 6.2 μA, 57 nC, and 2.17 W·m−2, respectively. The IS-TENG enables to harvest biomechanical energy, and drive electronic devices. Furthermore, the application of IS-TENGs as self-driven sensors for detecting human behavior was also demonstrated, showing good application prospects in the field of wearable power technology and self-driven sensing.


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Transparent, stretchable, temperature-stable and self-healing ionogel-based triboelectric nanogenerator for biomechanical energy collection

Show Author's information Weiqiang Liao1,§, Xiukun Liu1,§, Yuqi Li1( ), Xu Xu1, Jinxing Jiang2, Shaorong Lu1, Dequan Bao2, Zhen Wen2( ), Xuhui Sun2( )
Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

§Weiqiang Liao and Xiukun Liu contributed equally to this work.

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A flexible and stable power supply is essential to the rapid development of wearable electronic devices. In this work, a transparent, flexible, temperature-stable and ionogel electrode-based self-healing triboelectric nanogenerator (IS-TENG) was developed. The ionogel with excellent stretchability (1,012%), high ionic conductivity (0.3 S·m−1) and high-temperature stability (temperature range of −77 to 250 °C) was used as the electrode of the IS-TENG. The IS-TENG exhibited excellent transparency (92.1%) and stability. The output performance did not decrease when placed in a 60 °C oven for 48 h. In addition, the IS-TENG behaved like a stable output in the range of −20 to 60 °C. More importantly, the IS-TENG could also achieve self-healing of electrical performance at temperatures between −20 and 60 °C and its output can be restored to its original state after healing. When the single-electrode IS-TENG with an area of 3 cm × 3 cm was conducted under the working frequency of 1.5 Hz, the output values for open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, short-circuit transferred charge, and maximum peak power density were 189 V, 6.2 μA, 57 nC, and 2.17 W·m−2, respectively. The IS-TENG enables to harvest biomechanical energy, and drive electronic devices. Furthermore, the application of IS-TENGs as self-driven sensors for detecting human behavior was also demonstrated, showing good application prospects in the field of wearable power technology and self-driven sensing.

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerator, stretchable, self-healing, ionogel, temperature-stable

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Received: 02 May 2021
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Published: 07 September 2021
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51605109 and 61804103), the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 2018GXNSFBA281052 and 2018GXNSFAA281296) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. 2017M610346 and 2021T140494). The authors also acknowledge the support from the Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science & Technology, the 111 Project and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices.

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