Quantifying the triboelectric series

Zou, Haiyang; Zhang, Ying; Guo, Litong; Wang, Peihong; He, Xu; Dai, Guozhang; Zheng, Haiwu; Chen, Chaoyu; Wang, Aurelia Chi; Xu, Cheng; Wang, Zhong Lin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09461-x

Quantifying the triboelectric series

Journal Article · Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09461-x· OSTI ID:1609850

^[1]; Zhang, Ying ^[2]; Guo, Litong ^[3]; ^[4]; He, Xu ^[4]; Dai, Guozhang ^[4]; Zheng, Haiwu ^[4]; Chen, Chaoyu ^[4]; Wang, Aurelia Chi ^[4]; Xu, Cheng ^[3]; ^[5]

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); DOE/OSTI
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Xi’an Jiaotong, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province (China)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou (China)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing Inst. of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems

Triboelectrification is a well-known phenomenon that commonly occurs in nature and in our lives at any time and any place. Although each and every material exhibits triboelectrification, its quantification has not been standardized. A triboelectric series has been qualitatively ranked with regards to triboelectric polarization. Here, we introduce a universal standard method to quantify the triboelectric series for a wide range of polymers, establishing quantitative triboelectrification as a fundamental materials property. By measuring the tested materials with a liquid metal in an environment under well-defined conditions, the proposed method standardizes the experimental set up for uniformly quantifying the surface triboelectrification of general materials. The normalized triboelectric charge density is derived to reveal the intrinsic character of polymers for gaining or losing electrons. This quantitative triboelectric series may serve as a textbook standard for implementing the application of triboelectrification for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing.

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Research Organization:: Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46394

OSTI ID:: 1609850

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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