Modeling an Impact Vibration Harvester With Triboelectric Transduction

Author(s):  
Alwathiqbellah Ibrahim ◽  
Abdallah Ramini ◽  
Shahrzad Towfighian

We demonstrate numerically an efficient vibrational energy harvester based on a triboelectric mechanism. The energy harvester consists of a clamped-clamped beam with center mass to enable the impact between the triboelectric layers subjected to external vibrations. The lower electrode is aluminum covered with a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer and the top electrode is an aluminum foil. Upon contact, electric charges are generated and alternative current flows between the upper and lower electrodes. We report the frequency bandwidth gets wider with a hardening behavior introduced by the impact nonlinearity in the structure. We then investigate the effect of the surface charge density on the output voltage, current, and power. The output voltage and power are as large as 1.73 V, 3 μW, respectively with 0.4 g vibrational amplitude and 30 μC/m2 surface charge density. The frequency bandwidth ranged between 5–18 Hz.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Zhang ◽  
Qiuxiao Zhu ◽  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Xuchong Wang ◽  
Xiaoping Sun ◽  
...  

Abstract As a green material, cellulose is widely used in friction triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). However, the weak polarity of the cellulose surface leads to its weak contact electrification performance, which is not conducive to its utilization in TENGs. In this study, epoxy chloropropane and ethylenediamine were grafted onto cellulose to form paper and were assembled with an FEP film. The output voltage, current, and surface charge density were 34.9%, 26.7%, and 16.7% higher than those of ordinary paper, respectively. When 20% nano TiO2 filler was added to the paper made from amino-modified cellulose, the output voltage, current, and surface charge density of the TENG increased by 70.9%, 226.7%, and 122.2%, respectively, compared with ordinary paper. As the air humidity of the TENG increased from 60% to 90%, the output voltage, current, and surface charge density were maintained at 53.7%, 38.9%, and 61.0%, respectively. When a 5 × 107 Ω resistor was connected to the working circuit, its output power reached 13.78 μ W·cm2. This showed that cellulose as a green material has wide application prospects in the field of TENG.


Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1519
Author(s):  
Leixin Ouyang ◽  
Rubia Shaik ◽  
Ruiting Xu ◽  
Ge Zhang ◽  
Jiang Zhe

Many bio-functions of cells can be regulated by their surface charge characteristics. Mapping surface charge density in a single cell’s surface is vital to advance the understanding of cell behaviors. This article demonstrates a method of cell surface charge mapping via electrostatic cell–nanoparticle (NP) interactions. Fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) were used as the marker to investigate single cells’ surface charge distribution. The nanoparticles with opposite charges were electrostatically bonded to the cell surface; a stack of fluorescence distribution on a cell’s surface at a series of vertical distances was imaged and analyzed. By establishing a relationship between fluorescent light intensity and number of nanoparticles, cells’ surface charge distribution was quantified from the fluorescence distribution. Two types of cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and HeLa cells, were tested. From the measured surface charge density of a group of single cells, the average zeta potentials of the two types of cells were obtained, which are in good agreement with the standard electrophoretic light scattering measurement. This method can be used for rapid surface charge mapping of single particles or cells, and can advance cell-surface-charge characterization applications in many biomedical fields.


Author(s):  
Linards Lapčinskis ◽  
Artis Linarts ◽  
Kaspars Mālnieks ◽  
Hyunseung Kim ◽  
Kristaps Rubenis ◽  
...  

In this study, we investigate triboelectrification in polymer-based nanocomposites using identical polymer matrixes containing different concentrations of nanoparticles (NPs). The triboelectric surface charge density on polymer layers increased as the...


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2270
Author(s):  
Joanna Kotyńska ◽  
Monika Naumowicz

Interactions between phospholipid membranes and selected drugs affecting the central nervous system (CNS) were investigated. Small, unilamellar liposomes were used as biomimetic cell membrane models. Microelectrophoretic experiments on two-component liposomes were performed using the electrophoretic light scattering technique (ELS). The effect of both positively (perphenazine, PF) and negatively (barbituric acid, BA) charged drugs on zwitterionic L-α-phosphatidylcholine (PC) membranes were analyzed. Experimental membrane surface charge density (d) data were determined as a function of pH. Quantitative descriptions of the adsorption equilibria formed due to the binding of solution ions to analyzed two-component membranes are presented. Binding constants of the solution ions with perphenazine and barbituric acid-modified membranes were determined. The results of our research show that both charged drugs change surface charge density values of phosphatidylcholine membranes. It can be concluded that perphenazine and barbituric acid are located near the membrane surface, interacting electrostatically with phosphatidylcholine polar heads.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (35) ◽  
pp. 20123-20142
Author(s):  
Hadi Saboorian-Jooybari ◽  
Zhangxin Chen

This research work is directed at development of accurate physics-based formulas for quantification of curvature-dependence of surface potential, surface charge density, and total surface charge for cylindrical and spherical charged particles immersed in a symmetrical electrolyte solution.


Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (27) ◽  
pp. 9668-9675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Jia Shao ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Xiang Yu Chen ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
...  

A multi-dielectric-layered vertical contact-separation mode TENG through a corona discharge approach results in outstanding output performances, i.e., a high surface charge density of 283 μC m−2 and excellent cycling stability (92.6% retention after 200 000 cycles).


Geoderma ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 121 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Taubaso ◽  
M. Dos Santos Afonso ◽  
R.M. Torres Sánchez

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