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Synthesis and characterization of power efficient triboelectric nanogenerator based on contact-separation mode using spray pyrolysis

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Herein, a novel triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based on fluorine tin oxide (FTO) as substrate, metallic copper (Cu), and Polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) as transparent and flexible polymer materials with spray pyrolysis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been synthesized and characterized having dimensions of 1.5 × 1.5 cm. The spherical shaped synthesized AuNPs have been observed within the morphological images. The x-ray diffraction pattern of the prepared material shows an accurate diffraction peaks at 2theta values indicating the presence of mixed phases of FTO, Cu, AuNPs, and PDMS which are in excellent agreement with the previously mentioned 2theta values in the literature. Further, the energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis confirms the presence of Cu, gold (Au), oxygen (O), tin (Sn), carbon (C) and silicon (Si) materials within the synthesized TENG. Finally, the synthesized PDMS-based TENG produces maximum AC output voltage and current up to ~ 56 V and ~ 18mA, respectively with very high transmittance of 92.85% along with a transferred electric charge of ~ 18nC, current density of ~ 8 mA/cm2, an output power of ~ 1 W, and a surface power density of ~ 448mW/cm2 with resistance of 3 KΩ. The TENG device is further connected with a bridge-type rectifier circuit to glow LEDs as well as serve as a platform for flexible and wearable electronic devices.

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    Ashish Singh Sambyal, Deepak Anand & Rakesh Vaid

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ASS—Material preparation, data collection, formal analysis, and the writing of the first draft of the manuscript. DA—contributed to the experimentation, data collection, and formal analysis. RV—Conceptualization, Writing—Review and Editing, Project administration, Funding acquisition, Supervision. NBC—Conceptualization, Writing—Review and Editing.

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Sambyal, A.S., Anand, D., Vaid, R. et al. Synthesis and characterization of power efficient triboelectric nanogenerator based on contact-separation mode using spray pyrolysis. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1458 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10891-z

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