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Increasing surface charge density by effective charge accumulation layer inclusion for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators

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Powering autonomous electronic devices is a key challenge toward the development of smart sensor networks. In this work, a state-of-the-art triboelectric nanogenerator is devised to enhance the output performance with an effective surface charge density of 70.2 µC/m2, which is 140 times higher than the initial results. Thin film Parylene-C material is deposited to increase charge accumulation by allowing the acceptance of more charges and enhance output performance by a factor of 10. By considering the merit of simple fabrication, we believe the effective charge inclusion layer will be an ideal energy source for low-power portable electronics.

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Acknowledgment

This research was supported under the AMPEERS-2 project by the theme “Networks and energy storage”. The authors thank Thierry CAMILLIONI for the Instron setup and Jessica MAZUIR for advice in preparation of cross section sample for imaging by SEM.

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    Aravind Narain Ravichandran, Marc Ramuz & Sylvain Blayac

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Ravichandran, A.N., Ramuz, M. & Blayac, S. Increasing surface charge density by effective charge accumulation layer inclusion for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators. MRS Communications 9, 682–689 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2019.64

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