@article{Chen2018, 
author = {Bao Dong Chen and Wei Tang and Chi Zhang and Liang Xu and Lai Pan Zhu and Lei Jing Yang and Chuan He and Jian Chen and Long Liu and Tao Zhou and Zhong Lin Wang},
title = {Au nanocomposite enhanced electret film for triboelectric nanogenerator},
year = {2018},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {11},
number = {6},
pages = {3096-3105},
keywords = {equivalent nanocapacitor structure, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) electret thin film, gold nanoparticles, equivalent surface charge density},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-017-1716-y},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-017-1716-y},
abstract = {A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with an organic nanocomposite electret thin film as the triboelectric layer for mechanical energy harvesting was investigated systematically. In combination with corona charging, a TENG was fabricated by using embedded-nanocapacitor-structure polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) impregnated with gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs). The output performances, stability, and durability of the TENGs with Au-PTFE nanocomposite films were characterized after being washed in water. It was found that the output current increases by 70% and the equivalent surface charge density (ESCD) reaches 85 μC/m2 in comparison to the virgin PTFE film. Such outstanding performance is likely due to the equivalent nanocapacitors between the Au-NPs and PTFE molecules, which serve as nano charge traps in the nanocomposite electret film under negative high-voltage corona charging. This work not only expands the practical applications of TENGs, but also opens up new possibilities for the development of high performance triboelectric materials.}
}