Conventional and pulsed hybrid triboelectric nanogenerator with tunable output time and wider impedance matching
Wanyu Shang1,2, Guangqin Gu1, Haoran Ruan1
1Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High-efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Sliding grating-structured triboelectric nanogenerators (SG-TENGs) can multiply transferred charge, reduce open-circuit voltage, and increase short-circuit current, which have wide application prospects in self-powered systems. However, conventional SG-TENGs have an ultrahigh internal equivalent impedance, which reduces the output voltage and energy under low load resistances (<10 MΩ). The Pulsed SG-TENGs can reduce the equivalent impedance to near zero by introducing a synchronously triggered mechanical switch (STMS), but its limited output time causes the incomplete charge transfer under high load resistances (>1 GΩ). In this paper, a conventional and pulsed hybrid SG-TENG (CPH-SG-TENG) is developed through rational designing STMS with tunable width and output time. The matching relationship among grid electrode width, contactor width of STMS, sliding speed, and load resistance has been studied, which provides a feasible solution for simultaneous realization of high output energy under small load resistances and high output voltage under high load resistances. The impedance matching range is extended from zero to at least 10 GΩ. The output performance of CPH-SG-TENG under low and high load resistances are demonstrated by passive power management circuit and arc discharge, respectively. The general strategy using tunable STMS combines the advantages of conventional and pulsed TENGs, which has broad application prospects in the fields of TENGs and self-powered systems.
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