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A study of ZnO doped PDMS towards boosting of triboelectric energy harvester performance

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Title: A study of ZnO doped PDMS towards boosting of triboelectric energy harvester performance
Authors: Hitesh Kr Sharma, Vijay Janyani, D. Boolchandani, Atul Kr Sharma
Superior Title: Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100082- (2023)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks
LCC:Computer engineering. Computer hardware
Subject Terms: TEG, PDMS, ZnO, DSO, FE-SEM, UTM etc, Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks, TK452-454.4, Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895
Description: In this article, a study of ZnO doping in poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) polymer, which is used as one tribo layer in tribo-electric energy harvesters (TEG) is corroborated to enhance the electrical properties, open circuit voltage (Voc)and short circuit current (ISC). A parallel plate device configuration of metal-to-dielectric approach is carried out making use of copper as metal and PDMS polymer with ZnO doping as a dielectric film. The double sided copper tape of 99.99 % purity and 60 μm thickness is used to realize the top tribo layer whiledielectric PDMS polymer film with ZnO doping of 8 wt%, 13 wt%, and 18 wt% is spin coated at 1000 rpm on single side copper coated FR4 substrate to make the bottom tribo-electic layer. The mechanical force is applied in tapping mode on top layer by Universal Testing Machine (UTM). The prototype device is characterized by Agilent DSO, which revealed peak output voltage of 15 V, 20 V, 30 V, and 41 V and peak-to-peak output voltage 38 V, 50 V, 60 V, and 69 V in pure PDMS, PDMS+8 % ZnO, PDMS+13 % ZnO, and PDMS+18 % ZnO respectively. The output peak current is obtained 9 nA, 20 nA, 30 nA, and 32 nA and peak-to-peak current 31 nA, 49 nA, 51 nA, and 60 nA respectively. The performance of ZnO doped PDMS TEG has increased adequately, up to 68.44 % Of Voc and 71.87 % of Isc.with respect to pure PDMS. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is used to confirm polymer film morphology and ZnO doping percentage in PDMS is validatedby energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2773-0646
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773064623000592; https://doaj.org/toc/2773-0646
DOI: 10.1016/j.memori.2023.100082
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/bf854dbfc2d54a5fb91adb2d819ad15c
Accession Number: edsdoj.bf854dbfc2d54a5fb91adb2d819ad15c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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