Water droplet-driven triboelectric nanogenerator with superhydrophobic surfaces

Jeong Hwan Lee; Seong Min Kim; Tae Yun Kim; Usman Khan; Sang Woo Kim

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.01.078

Water droplet-driven triboelectric nanogenerator with superhydrophobic surfaces

Jeong Hwan Lee, Seong Min Kim, Tae Yun Kim, Usman Khan, Sang Woo Kim

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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A bouncing water droplet not only contains mechanical energy, but also electrostatic energy due to the triboelectric charges on its surface that are generated by its contacts with the surrounding environment. Here, we report development of contact electrification-based water droplet-driven triboelectric nanogenerator (Wd-TENG) for harvesting energy from the water-droplet bouncing between two superhydrophobic surfaces. The Wd-TENG consists of polytetrafluoroethylene balls on the bottom and zinc oxide nanosheets on the top; two surfaces of the device obtain electric energy during the contact electrification from the bouncing water, and additionally, maximize the bouncing motions of the droplets. The device produced a short-circuit current and an open-circuit voltage of 1.3 μA and 1.4 V, respectively. Besides, power-generating performances of the Wd-TENG at various angles of inclination were also investigated, and it showed voltage outputs of 5.5 V, 16 V, 9.8 V, and 6.8 V at the inclination angles of 52° 58° 64° and 70° respectively. These results demonstrate that the Wd-TENG is potentially a strong candidate for scavenging energy from raindrops.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-584
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.01.078
Publication status	Published - 2019 Apr

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Funding Information:
J. H. Lee and S.M. Kim contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by the “Human Resources Program in Energy Technology (No. 20174030201800 )” of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea), the GRRC Program of Gyeonggi Province (GRRC Sungkyunkwan 2017-B05 ), and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Grant number: R18XA02 ) S. M. K acknowledges a financial support from National Research Foundation of Korea (No. 2017R1A2B4010642 )

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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