Self-Powered,Long-Durable,and Highly Selective Oil-Solid Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting and Intelligent Monitoring

Triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)have potential to achieve energy harvesting and condition monitoring of oils,the“lifeblood”of industry.However,oil absorption on the solid surfaces is a great challenge for oil-solid TENG(O-TENG).Here,oleophobic/superamphiphobic O-TENGs are achieved via engineering of solid surface wetting properties.The designed O-TENG can generate an excellent electricity(with a charge density of 9.1μC m^(−2) and a power density of 1.23 mW m^(−2)),which is an order of magnitude higher than other O-TENGs made from polytetrafluoroethylene and polyimide.It also has a significant durability(30,000 cycles)and can power a digital thermometer for self-powered sensor applications.Further,a superhigh-sensitivity O-TENG monitoring system is successfully developed for real-time detecting particle/water contaminants in oils.The O-TENG can detect particle contaminants at least down to 0.01 wt%and water contaminants down to 100 ppm,which are much better than previous online monitoring methods(particle>0.1 wt%;water>1000 ppm).More interesting,the developed O-TENG can also distinguish water from other contaminants,which means the developed O-TENG has a highly water-selective performance.This work provides an ideal strategy for enhancing the output and durability of TENGs for oil-solid contact and opens new intelligent pathways for oil-solid energy harvesting and oil condition monitoring.