Issue 12, 2023

A primary–secondary triboelectric nanogenerator with charge excitation shift in a wind-driven alternating operating mode

Abstract

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) that can harvest energy from the environment have seen rapid development in recent years. The charge excitation method can increase the TENG performance effectively, but it requires the pump TENG and main TENG to work together, which requires greater rotary torque. Herein, a primary–secondary TENG (PS-TENG) is proposed that can shift its operating mode automatically based on rotational speed to reduce rotary torque in slow mode or realize charge excitation in fast mode. It has a primary block that comprises the P-TENG and a voltage conditioning circuit, a secondary block that contains the S1-TENG and S2-TENG, and a two-channel charge excitation circuit. The secondary block is suspended in slow mode to reduce rotary torque. In fast mode, the voltage conditioning circuit can enhance the voltage of the P-TENG for charge excitation, and the two-channel charge excitation circuit enables the S1-TENG and S2-TENG to achieve charge excitation and output in turn. The P-TENG can produce an open-circuit voltage of 100 V and transferred charges of 225 nC, and the corresponding values for the S1-TENG and S2-TENG are 16 V, 15 nC and 14 V, 14 nC, respectively. With charge excitation by the P-TENG, the transferred charges of the S1-TENG and S2-TENG can reach 1.2 μC and 0.6 μC, and their peak powers are 8.7 mW and 3.8 mW, respectively. Furthermore, when driven by wind energy, the PS-TENG can power 320 LEDs or a hygrothermograph steadily. This work has practical application prospects and provides a new method to realize automatic charge excitation shift.

Graphical abstract: A primary–secondary triboelectric nanogenerator with charge excitation shift in a wind-driven alternating operating mode

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 3 2023
Accepted
09 5 2023
First published
11 5 2023

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023,7, 2841-2852

A primary–secondary triboelectric nanogenerator with charge excitation shift in a wind-driven alternating operating mode

Z. Xu, J. Ge, Q. Wang, X. Yu, Y. Hu, J. Wen, W. Han and T. Cheng, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023, 7, 2841 DOI: 10.1039/D3SE00394A

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