1. Synergistic energy harvesting and humidity sensing with single electrode triboelectric nanogenerator.
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Behera, Swayam Aryam, Hajra, Sugato, Panda, Swati, Sahu, Alok Kumar, Alagarsamy, Perumal, Mishra, Yogendra Kumar, Kim, Hoe Joon, and Achary, P. Ganga Raju
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NANOGENERATORS , *ENERGY harvesting , *BISMUTH iron oxide , *FOOD industry , *TRIBOELECTRICITY , *SOL-gel processes - Abstract
Humidity sensors using triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) technology can provide continuous operation without the need for additional batteries. These sensors provide sustainable and self-powered humidity monitoring solutions, that can be utilized in various agriculture platforms and food processing industries. In this work, a sol-gel method is utilized to process the bismuth ferrite (abbreviated as BFO) materials and a simple mould pressing method to obtain freestanding Ethylene-vinyl acetate (abbreviated EVA)-BFO composites. These composites were characterized to shed light upon structural and microstructural properties. The single electrode mode operating TENG was fabricated having 2 cm × 2 cm active area at various wt.% of BFO onto EVA-based composites to compare the electrical response. The 5 wt.% BFO-EVA-based composites/FEP-based TENG generates a voltage and current of 45 V and 800 nA. Further, the TENG device was tested for long-term stability for 400 s, and charging of various capacitors having capacitance values such as 0.1 μF, 1 μF, 4.7 μF, and 10 μF along with 3 times charging/discharging cycles of 0.1 μF capacitor have been demonstrated. The humidity sensing mechanism elucidated which follows the conduction process based on the Grotthuss proton hopping mechanism. The TENG demonstrates a sensitivity of 0.53 V/RH% over the relative humidity range from 25 % to 85 %. The powering of the wristwatch confirms that fabricated TENG can be a reliable power source for future low-power electronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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