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Nano Research 2022, 15(7): 6213-6219 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4321-7
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Wearable and humidity-resistant biomaterials-based triboelectric nanogenerator for high entropy energy harvesting and self-powered sensing

Show Author's Information Ning Zheng1,2,§,  Jiehui Xue1,3,§,  Yang Jie1,2,§,  Xia Cao1,2,4( ),  Zhong Lin Wang1,2,5( )
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Resources Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing technology, School of Chemistry and Biological engineering, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA

§ Ning Zheng, Jiehui Xue, and Yang Jie contributed equally to this work.

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Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) provides a new solution to the energy supply by harvesting high entropy energy. However, wearable electronic devices have high requirements for flexible, humidity-resistant, and low-cost TENG. Here, environment-friendly and multi-functional wheat starch TENG (S-TENG) was made by a simple and green method. The open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of S-TENG are 151.4 V and 47.1 μA, respectively. S-TENG can be used not only to drive and intelligently control electronic equipment, but also to effectively harvest energy from body movements and wind. In addition, the output of S-TENG was not negatively affected with the increase in environmental humidity, but increased abnormally. In the range of 20% RH–80% RH, S-TENG can be potentially used as a sensitive self-powered humidity sensor. The S-TENG paves the way for large-scale preparation of multi-functional biomaterials-based TENG, and practical application of self-powered sensing and wearable devices.


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Wearable and humidity-resistant biomaterials-based triboelectric nanogenerator for high entropy energy harvesting and self-powered sensing

Show Author's information Ning Zheng1,2,§, Jiehui Xue1,3,§, Yang Jie1,2,§, Xia Cao1,2,4( ), Zhong Lin Wang1,2,5( )
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Resources Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing technology, School of Chemistry and Biological engineering, and Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA

§ Ning Zheng, Jiehui Xue, and Yang Jie contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) provides a new solution to the energy supply by harvesting high entropy energy. However, wearable electronic devices have high requirements for flexible, humidity-resistant, and low-cost TENG. Here, environment-friendly and multi-functional wheat starch TENG (S-TENG) was made by a simple and green method. The open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of S-TENG are 151.4 V and 47.1 μA, respectively. S-TENG can be used not only to drive and intelligently control electronic equipment, but also to effectively harvest energy from body movements and wind. In addition, the output of S-TENG was not negatively affected with the increase in environmental humidity, but increased abnormally. In the range of 20% RH–80% RH, S-TENG can be potentially used as a sensitive self-powered humidity sensor. The S-TENG paves the way for large-scale preparation of multi-functional biomaterials-based TENG, and practical application of self-powered sensing and wearable devices.

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerator, natural polymers, humidity-resistant, wearable smart device, self-powered sensing

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Received: 13 January 2022
Revised: 26 February 2022
Accepted: 11 March 2022
Published: 07 May 2022
Issue date: July 2022

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This work was financially supported by the National Key R & D Project from Ministry of Science and Technology, China (Nos. 2016YFA0202702 and 2016YFA0202701) and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (No. ZDBS-LY-DQC025). Patents have been filed to protect the reported inventions.

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