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Vol. 11 (2019)

Spiral Steel Wire Based Fiber-Shaped Stretchable and Tailorable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wearable Power Source and Active Gesture Sensor

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0271-3
Lingjie Xie
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Xiaoping Chen
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Zhen Wen
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Yanqin Yang
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Jihong Shi
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Chen Chen
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Mingfa Peng
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Yina Liu
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Xuhui Sun
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‑Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xuhui Sun

xhsun@suda.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 11 (2019), Article Number: 39

Abstract

Continuous deforming always leads to the performance degradation of a flexible triboelectric nanogenerator due to the Young’s modulus mismatch of different functional layers. In this work, we fabricated a fiber-shaped stretchable and tailorable triboelectric nanogenerator (FST–TENG) based on the geometric construction of a steel wire as electrode and ingenious selection of silicone rubber as triboelectric layer. Owing to the great robustness and continuous conductivity, the FST–TENGs demonstrate high stability, stretchability, and even tailorability. For a single device with ~ 6 cm in length and ~ 3 mm in diameter, the open-circuit voltage of ~ 59.7 V, transferred charge of ~ 23.7 nC, short-circuit current of ~ 2.67 μA and average power of ~ 2.13 μW can be obtained at 2.5 Hz. By knitting several FST–TENGs to be a fabric or a bracelet, it enables to harvest human motion energy and then to drive a wearable electronic device. Finally, it can also be woven on dorsum of glove to monitor the movements of gesture, which can recognize every single finger, different bending angle, and numbers of bent finger by analyzing voltage signals.


Highlights:


1 Owing to the great robustness, continuous conductivity, and geometric construction of a steel wire electrode, the FST–TENGs demonstrate high stability, stretchability, and even tailorability.
2 By knitting several FST–TENGs to be a fabric or a bracelet worn on the human body, it enables to harvest human motion energy.
3 The FST–TENGs can also be woven on dorsum of glove to monitor the movements of gesture.

Keywords

Triboelectric nanogenerator Stretchable Human motion energy Wearable power source Active gesture sensor
Xie, Lingjie, Xiaoping Chen, Zhen Wen, Yanqin Yang, Jihong Shi, Chen Chen, Mingfa Peng, Yina Liu, and Xuhui Sun. 2019. “Spiral Steel Wire Based Fiber-Shaped Stretchable and Tailorable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wearable Power Source and Active Gesture Sensor”. Nano-Micro Letters 11 (May):39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0271-3.
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