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Nanoscale

A composite generator film impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals for enhanced triboelectric performance†

Jun Peng,ab   Huilong Zhang,c   Qifeng Zheng,d   Craig M. Clemons,e   Ronald C. Sabo,e   Shaoqin Gong,d   Zhenqiang Mac  and  Lih-Sheng Turng*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Polymer Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
E-mail: turng@engr.wisc.edu

b Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53715, USA

c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

d Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

e USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Abstract

A novel polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/cellulose nanocrystal flake (CNCF) composite triboelectric nanogenerator (CTG) using CNCFs as effective dielectrics exhibited a 10-times-enhanced triboelectric performance compared with its pure PDMS counterpart. Positive charges generated on the surface of the CNCFs during cyclic compression boosted electron transfer and induced extra charges. The CTG exhibited an instantaneous output power (density) of 1.65 mW (0.76 mW cm−2) under continuous operation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR07602E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Sep 2016
Accepted
18 Dec 2016
First published
22 Dec 2016

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 1428-1433

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A composite generator film impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals for enhanced triboelectric performance

J. Peng, H. Zhang, Q. Zheng, C. M. Clemons, R. C. Sabo, S. Gong, Z. Ma and L. Turng, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 1428 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07602E

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