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Charge storage coating based triboelectric nanogenerator and its applications in self-powered anticorrosion and antifouling

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As a novel energy-harvesting device, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) can harvest almost all mechanical energy and transform it into electrical energy, but its output is low. Although the micro-nano structures of triboelectrode surfaces can improve their output efficiency, they lead to high costs and are not suitable for large-scale applications. To address this problem, we developed a novel TENG coating with charge-storage properties. In this study, we modified an acrylic resin, a friction material, with nano-BaTiO3 particles and gas phase fluorination. The charge-trapping ability of nanoparticles was used to improve the output of TENG. The short-circuit current and the output voltage of coating-based TENGs featuring charge storage and electrification reached 15 µA and 800 V, respectively, without decay for longtime working. On this basis, self-powered anticorrosion and antifouling systems are designed to reduce the open circuit potential of A3 steel by 510 mV and reduce the adhesion rate of algae on the surface of metal materials. This study presents a high-output, stable, coating-based TENG with potential in practical applications for anticorrosion and antifouling.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks for the financial support of the Program for Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province (Grant No. ts20190965), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U21A2046 and U2106226), the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. ZDBS-ZRKJZ-TLC010), the Western Light Project of CAS (Grant No. xbzg-zdsys-202118), the Major Program of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS (Grant No. ZYFZFX-5), and the Shandong Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. ZR202102230178) in China.

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  1. Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Zhitao Zhang, Shu Peng, Yongjian Liu & Ying Liu

  2. Center of Materials Sciences and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Yupeng Liu, Min Feng, Changhe Du & Daoai Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Yupeng Liu, Min Feng, Nannan Wang, Changhe Du & Daoai Wang

  4. Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Zhitao Zhang, Shu Peng, Yufei Guo & Yongjian Liu

  5. A*STAR, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Singapore, 138634, Singapore

    Nannan Wang

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Zhang, Z., Liu, Y., Feng, M. et al. Charge storage coating based triboelectric nanogenerator and its applications in self-powered anticorrosion and antifouling. Front. Mater. Sci. 17, 230635 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-023-0635-y

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