Method for the measurement of triboelectric charge transfer at solid–liquid interface

Qin CHEN; Bingxue CHENG; Tiancheng WANG; Hongfei SHANG; Tianmin SHAO

doi:10.1007/s40544-022-0740-z

Friction 2023, 11(8): 1544-1556 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0740-z

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Method for the measurement of triboelectric charge transfer at solid–liquid interface

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Qin CHEN, Bingxue CHENG, Tiancheng WANG, Hongfei SHANG, Tianmin SHAO(

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State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 China

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measurement, triboelectric charge, solid–liquid interface, Faraday cup, leakage ratio (r_l)

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CHEN Q, CHENG B, WANG T, et al. Method for the measurement of triboelectric charge transfer at solid–liquid interface. Friction, 2023, 11(8): 1544-1556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0740-z

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Triboelectrification between a liquid and a solid is a common phenomenon in our daily life and industry. Triboelectric charges generated at liquid/solid interfaces have effects on energy harvesting, triboelectrification-based sensing, interfacial corrosion, wear, lubrication, etc. Knowing the amount of triboelectric charge transfer is very useful for studying the mechanism and controlling these phenomena, in which an accurate method is absolutely necessary to measure the triboelectric charge generated at the solid–liquid interface. Herein, we established a method for measuring the charge transfer between different solids and liquids. An equipment based on the Faraday cup measurement was developed, and the leakage ratio (r_l) was quantified through simulation based on an electrostatic field model. Typical experiments were conducted to validate the reliability of the method. This work provides an effective method for charge measurement in triboelectrification research.

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Method for the measurement of triboelectric charge transfer at solid–liquid interface

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Qin CHEN, Bingxue CHENG, Tiancheng WANG, Hongfei SHANG, Tianmin SHAO(

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State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 China

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Keywords: measurement, triboelectric charge, solid–liquid interface, Faraday cup, leakage ratio (r_l)

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Received: 17 September 2022

Revised: 07 December 2022

Accepted: 05 January 2023

Published: 18 February 2023

Issue date: August 2023

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The authors gratefully thank Minghe WANG and Yulei YANG for their advice and help in electrostatic field simulation.

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