Liquid-Filling Polydimethylsiloxane Composites with Enhanced Triboelectric Performance for Flexible Nanogenerators

Titao Jing; Bingang Xu; Xiaoyang Guan; Yujue Yang; Mengjie Wu; Chenghanzhi Jiang

doi:10.1002/mame.202000275

Liquid-Filling Polydimethylsiloxane Composites with Enhanced Triboelectric Performance for Flexible Nanogenerators

Titao Jing, Bingang Xu, Xiaoyang Guan, Yujue Yang, Mengjie Wu, Chenghanzhi Jiang

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Abstract

Material functionalization of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) plays an important role in TENG's electric performance for sustainable energy harvesting. In this work, a method for improving polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites triboelectric performance has been proposed, via filling high dielectric constant liquid (instead of solids) into PDMS matrix. The improvement is attributed to the high dielectric constant liquid in PDMS matrix that reduced the effective thickness of PDMS and increased the dielectric constant of PDMS composite synchronously. At 50% filling ratio (PDMS-HD50), the triboelectric performance exhibits an enhancement of 4.5-fold in output voltage and 3.9-fold in output current as compared to pure PDMS. The results, besides higher transparency, are superior to the results from traditional solid dielectric constant doping materials like BaTiO₃ nanoparticle in PDMS. This work has proved potentials of dielectric liquid filling materials in fabricating TENGs and could be a guidance for exploring new liquid filling materials.

Original language	English
Article number	2000275
Journal	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Volume	305
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202000275
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2020

Keywords

emulsions
ethylene carbonate
high dielectric constant liquids
PDMS composites
triboelectric nanogenerators

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General Chemical Engineering
Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Materials Chemistry

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