Fabrication and Electrical Output Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators Composed of Graphene Coated Textile Electrode-Dielectric Material Types
Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 350-359,
Dec. 2019
10.12772/TSE.2019.56.350
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Abstract
This study presents basic research on the fabrication of graphene coated textilebased
triboelectric nanogenerators (T-TENGs). Graphene coated textiles, both with and
without hot-pressing (PGR or GR, respectively), play an important role in electrodes. In this
study, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabrics, polyurethane (PU) membranes and
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film were used as dielectric materials. The resulting surface
roughness was confirmed after the PGR was decreased by approximately 0.15 mm. The
surface resistivity of the GR and PGR were within 104 Ω/sq and that of the dielectric materials
were within 1012 Ω/sq. The current density of the GR showed the maximum value at
0.012 μA/cm2. The electric fields of the fabricated electrodes, GR and PGR, were 6.0 V/cm
and 9.6 V/cm, respectively, and the J-E curves showed hysteresis characteristics as the electric
field increased. The output voltage was measured according to the dielectric type to
confirm the applicability of graphene coated textile electrodes in T-TENGs. Improved output
voltage was observed upon using PTFE films as dielectrics as compared to other dielectrics,
regardless of the type of graphene coated textile electrode. Moreover, the
performance improved when the GR had a larger surface roughness value. Therefore, the
electrical output voltage performance of T-TENGs using GR with PTFE film produced the
best results and should be applied to T-TENGs in complementary experiments.
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