Regenerated cellulose properties tailored for optimized triboelectric output and the effect of counter-tribolayers
Cellulose has shown great potential in the development of green triboelectric nanogenerators. Particularly, regenerated cellulose (R-cellulose) has shown remarkably high output power density but the structural features and key parameters that explain such superior performance remain unexplored. In t...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Cellulose (London) 2024-03, Vol.31 (4), p.2047-2061 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Cellulose has shown great potential in the development of green triboelectric nanogenerators. Particularly, regenerated cellulose (R-cellulose) has shown remarkably high output power density but the structural features and key parameters that explain such superior performance remain unexplored. In this work, wood cellulose fibers were dissolved in a LiOH(aq)-based solvent to produce a series of R-cellulose films. Regeneration in different alcohols (from methanol to n-pentanol) was performed and the films’ structural features and triboelectric performance were assessed. Nonsolvents of increased hydrophobicity led to R-cellulose films with a more pronounced (1–10) diffraction peak. An open-circuit voltage (V
OC
) of up to ca. 260 V and a short-circuit current (I
SC
) of up to ca. 150 µA were measured for R-cellulose against polytetrafluoroethylene (as negative counter-layer). However, R-cellulose showed an increased V
OC
of 175% (from 88.1 V) against polydimethylsiloxane when increasing the alcohol hydrocarbon chain length from methanol to n-pentanol. The corresponding I
SC
and output power also increased by 76% (from 89.9 µA) and by 382% (from 8.8 W m
–2
), respectively. The higher R-cellulose hydrophilicity, combined with soft counter-tribolayer that follow the surface structures increasing the effective contact area, are the leading reasons for a superior triboelectric performance.
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ISSN: | 0969-0239 1572-882X 1572-882X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10570-024-05745-8 |