High-performance triboelectric nanogenerator based on ZrB_(2)/polydimethylsiloxane for metal corrosion protection

Metal corrosion causes billions of dollars of economic losses yearly.As a smart and new energy-harvesting device,triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)can convert almost all mechanical energy into electricity,which leads to great prospects in metal corrosion prevention and cathodic protection.In this work,flexible TENGs were designed to use the energy harvested by flexible polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)films with ZrB_(2)nanoparticles and effectively improve the dielectric constant by incorporating ZrB_(2).The open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current were 264 V and 22.9μA,respectively,and the power density of the TENGs reached 6 W·m^(-2).Furthermore,a selfpowered anti-corrosion system was designed by the rectifier circuit integrated with TENGs,and the open-circuit potential(OCP)and Tafel curves showed that the system had an excellent anti-corrosion effect on carbon steel.Thus,the system has broad application prospects in fields such as metal cultural relics,ocean engineering,and industry.

Energy storage optimization of ferroelectric ceramics during phase-transition process of amorphous/nanocrystalline and polycrystalline by using a phaseffeld model for dielectric breakdown

Ferroelectric ceramics have the potential to be widely applied in the modern industry and military power systems due to their ultrafast charging/discharging speed and high energy density.Considering the structural design and electrical properties of ferroelectric capacitor,it is still a challenge to ffnd out the optimal energy storage of ferroelectric ceramics during the phase-transition process of amorphous/nanocrystalline and polycrystalline.In this work,a ffnite element model suitable for the multiphase ceramic system is constructed based on the phase ffeld breakdown theory.The nonlinear coupling relationship of multiple physical ffelds between multiphase ceramics was taken into account in this model.The basic structures of multiphase ceramics are generated by using the Voronoi diagram construction method.The speciffed structure of multiphase ceramics in the phase-transition process of amorphous/nanocrystalline and polycrystalline was further obtained through the grain boundary diffusion equation.The simulation results show that the multiphase ceramics have an optimal energy storage in the process of amorphous polycrystalline transformation,and the energy storage density reaches the maximum when the crystallinity is 13.96%and the volume fraction of grain is 2.08%.It provides a research plan and idea for revealing the correlation between microstructure and breakdown characteristics of multiphase ceramics.This simulation model realizes the nonlinear coupling of the multiphase ceramic mesoscopic structure and the phase ffeld breakdown.It provides a reference scheme for the structural design and performance optimization of ferroelectric ceramics.