Triboelectric Energy Harvesting from Highly Conjugated Fused Aromatic Ladder Structure Under Extreme Environmental Conditions

Qazi Muhammad Saqib; Ishfaq Ahmad; Abdul Mannan; Javeed Mahmood; Shahid Ameen; Chandrashekhar S Patil; Muhammad Noman; Jungmin Kim; Mahmut Sait Okyay; Swapnil R Patil; Youngbin Ko; Hyuk-Jun Noh; Bryan M Wong; BongSoo Kim; Jinho Bae; Jong-Beom Baek

doi:10.1002/adma.202311029

Triboelectric Energy Harvesting from Highly Conjugated Fused Aromatic Ladder Structure Under Extreme Environmental Conditions

Adv Mater. 2024 Feb 1:e2311029. doi: 10.1002/adma.202311029. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Qazi Muhammad Saqib¹, Ishfaq Ahmad^{2

3}, Abdul Mannan⁴, Javeed Mahmood^{2

5}, Shahid Ameen⁶, Chandrashekhar S Patil¹, Muhammad Noman¹, Jungmin Kim¹, Mahmut Sait Okyay⁷, Swapnil R Patil¹, Youngbin Ko¹, Hyuk-Jun Noh², Bryan M Wong⁷, BongSoo Kim⁶, Jinho Bae¹, Jong-Beom Baek²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ocean System Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea.
² School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
³ POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San, Sebastian, 20018, Spain.
⁴ Department of Physics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, 54770, Pakistan.
⁵ Oxide & Organic Nanomaterials for Energy & Environment (ONE) Laboratory, Chemistry Program; Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials (AMPM) Center; KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC); Physical Science & Engineering (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Materials Science & Engineering Program, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.

PMID: 38299366
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311029

Abstract

Practical application of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) has been challenging, particularly, under harsh environmental conditions. This work proposes a novel 3D-fused aromatic ladder (FAL) structure as a tribo-positive material for TENGs, to address these challenges. The 3D-FAL offers a unique materials engineering platform for tailored properties, such as high specific surface area and porosity, good thermal and mechanical stability, and tunable electronic properties. The fabricated 3D-FAL-based TENG reaches a maximum peak power density of 451.2 µW cm^-2 at 5 Hz frequency. More importantly, the 3D-FAL-based TENG maintains stable output performance under harsh operating environments, over wide temperature (-45-100 °C) and humidity ranges (8.3-96.7% RH), representing the development of novel FAL for sustainable energy generation under challenging environmental conditions. Furthermore, the 3D-FAL-based TENG proves to be a promising device for a speed monitoring system engaging reconstruction in virtual reality in a snowy environment.

Keywords: 3D-fused aromatic ladder structure; extreme environmental conditions; stability; triboelectric nanogenerator.

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