The state-of-the-art triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are constructed with synthetic polymers,curtailing their application prospects and relevance in sustainable technologies.The economically viable transformation a...The state-of-the-art triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are constructed with synthetic polymers,curtailing their application prospects and relevance in sustainable technologies.The economically viable transformation and engineering of naturally abundant materials into efficient TENGs for mechanical energy harvesting is meaningful not only for fundamental scientific exploration,but also for addressing societal needs.Being an abundant natural biopolymer,chitosan enables exciting opportunity for low-cost,biodegradable TENG applications.However,the electrical outputs of chitosan-based TENGs are low compared with the devices built with synthetic polymers.Here,we explore the facile molecular surface engineering in chitosan to significantly boost the performance of chitosan-based TENG for enabling the practical applications,for example,self-powered car speed sensor.The molecular surface engineering offers a potentially promising scheme for designing and implementing high-performance biopolymer-based TENGs for selfpowered nanosystems in sustainable technologies.We further explore for the first time the feasibility of data mining approaches to analyze and learn the acquired triboelectric signals from the car speed sensors and predict the relationship between the triboelectric signals and car speed values.展开更多
基金W.Z.W.acknowledge the College of Engineering and School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University for the startup support and the Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professorship.The support provided by the China Scholarship Council(CSC)during a visit of Chenxiang Ma to Purdue University is acknowledged.
文摘The state-of-the-art triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)are constructed with synthetic polymers,curtailing their application prospects and relevance in sustainable technologies.The economically viable transformation and engineering of naturally abundant materials into efficient TENGs for mechanical energy harvesting is meaningful not only for fundamental scientific exploration,but also for addressing societal needs.Being an abundant natural biopolymer,chitosan enables exciting opportunity for low-cost,biodegradable TENG applications.However,the electrical outputs of chitosan-based TENGs are low compared with the devices built with synthetic polymers.Here,we explore the facile molecular surface engineering in chitosan to significantly boost the performance of chitosan-based TENG for enabling the practical applications,for example,self-powered car speed sensor.The molecular surface engineering offers a potentially promising scheme for designing and implementing high-performance biopolymer-based TENGs for selfpowered nanosystems in sustainable technologies.We further explore for the first time the feasibility of data mining approaches to analyze and learn the acquired triboelectric signals from the car speed sensors and predict the relationship between the triboelectric signals and car speed values.
