High-performance carbon nanotube electronic ratchets

Hao, Ji; Nanayakkara, Sanjini U.; Tervo, Eric J.; Blackburn, Jeffrey L.; Ferguson, Andrew J.

doi:10.1039/d1ee02048j

Title: High-performance carbon nanotube electronic ratchets

Journal Article · 01 September 2021 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee02048j · OSTI ID:1820572

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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The rapid advancements in low-power portable/wearable electronic devices require concurrent development of technologies that can provide power without the need for bulky, heavy battery storage. Electronic ratchets, asymmetric transistor-based devices that can convert AC signals or electronic noise into DC power, have been proposed as one solution to this growing need. Here, the recent demonstration of conjugated polymer-based electronic ratchets offers a route toward lightweight, flexible power sources for portable applications. Here we demonstrate the fabrication of the first electronic ratchets where the active channel component consists of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs), which can transform electronic noise or AC signals to a stable DC current with higher output power (up to ca. 14 mW for a chemically doped device) than their polymer-based analogs. We also show that patterning of the dopant profile in the s-SWCNT channel enables reasonable power conversion performance (ca. 3.5 mW) with improved stability relative to homogeneously doped devices. Our findings demonstrate the promise for s-SWCNT electronic ratchets as energy harvesting devices for portable, low-power applications.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1820572

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-79540; MainId:33766; UUID:cbf97988-8a67-4fe5-b0c9-555d9639a835; MainAdminID:59598

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 2021; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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