Fully Fibrous Large-Area Tailorable Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Solution Blow Spinning Technology for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing.

Abstract

An all-fibrous large-area (20 × 50 cm2 ) tailorable triboelectric nanogenerator (LT-TENG) is prepared using a one-step solution blow spinning technology, which has the advantages of easy operation, scale-up in the area, and high production efficiency. The prepared LT-TENG is composed of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/MXene (Ti3 C2 Tx ) nanofibers (NFs) and conductive textile. Benefiting from the fibrous materials and large-area properties, the LT-TENG possesses the merits of good tailorability, breathability, hydrophobicity, and washability. When optimized by mixing the MXene into PVDF NFs, the LT-TENG has a preferable output and sensing property, with a detection range over 16kPa and a relatively high sensitivity of 12.33V KPa-1 . At maximum applied pressure, the voltage, current, and charge are 108V, 38µA, and 35nC, respectively. This LT-TENG can serve as a biomechanical energy harvester when used as wearable devices with an output power density of 12.6mW m-2 at an external load resistance of 500 MΩ, and it also has the ability of self-powered tactile sensing for pressure mapping and slide sensing. Thus, this LT-TENG exhibits great potential prospects in wearable devices, intelligent robots, and human-machine interaction.