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Physical mechanisms of contact-electrification induced photon emission spectroscopy from interfaces

Show Author's Information Yang Nan1,2,§,  Jiajia Shao1,2,§,  Ding Li1,2,  Xin Guo1,2,  Morten Willatzen1,2( ),  Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( )
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

§ Yang Nan and Jiajia Shao contributed equally to this work.

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spectroscopy, polymers, contact electrification (CE), time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), CE-induced interface photon emission spectroscopy (CEIIPES), CE-induced interface absorption spectrum (CEIIAS)
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Nan Y, Shao J, Li D, et al. Physical mechanisms of contact-electrification induced photon emission spectroscopy from interfaces. Nano Research, 2023, 16(9): 11545-11555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5674-2
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Photon emission during contact electrification (CE) has recently been observed, which is called as CE-induced interface photon emission spectroscopy (CEIIPES). Physical mechanisms of CEIIPES are essential for interpreting the structure and electronic interactions of a contacted interface. Using the methods of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT), it is confirmed theoretically that the spectrum of emitted photons is contributed from electron transfer and transition during CE. Specifically, the excited electrons from higher energy state in one material may transfer to a lower energy state of another material followed by a transition; and/or some unstable excited electrons at a higher energy level of one material may transit to a lower energy state of itself, both of which result in CEIIPES. Furthermore, the CE-induced interface absorption spectrum (CEIIAS) has been demonstrated, due to the intermolecular electron transfer excitation.


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Physical mechanisms of contact-electrification induced photon emission spectroscopy from interfaces

Show Author's information Yang Nan1,2,§, Jiajia Shao1,2,§, Ding Li1,2, Xin Guo1,2, Morten Willatzen1,2( ), Zhong Lin Wang1,2,3( )
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

§ Yang Nan and Jiajia Shao contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Photon emission during contact electrification (CE) has recently been observed, which is called as CE-induced interface photon emission spectroscopy (CEIIPES). Physical mechanisms of CEIIPES are essential for interpreting the structure and electronic interactions of a contacted interface. Using the methods of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT), it is confirmed theoretically that the spectrum of emitted photons is contributed from electron transfer and transition during CE. Specifically, the excited electrons from higher energy state in one material may transfer to a lower energy state of another material followed by a transition; and/or some unstable excited electrons at a higher energy level of one material may transit to a lower energy state of itself, both of which result in CEIIPES. Furthermore, the CE-induced interface absorption spectrum (CEIIAS) has been demonstrated, due to the intermolecular electron transfer excitation.

Keywords: spectroscopy, polymers, contact electrification (CE), time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), CE-induced interface photon emission spectroscopy (CEIIPES), CE-induced interface absorption spectrum (CEIIAS)

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Received: 04 February 2023
Revised: 09 March 2023
Accepted: 16 March 2023
Published: 20 April 2023
Issue date: September 2023

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 62001031, 52192610, 51702018, and 51432005), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. E0E48957), and the National Key R&D Program from Minister of Science and Technology (No. 2016YFA0202704). The authors are grateful to Xin-Zheng Li from Peking University of China for helpful discussions.

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