Tribovoltaic nanogenerators (TVNGs) present great properties such as high direct‐current density and continuous output performance, which has great potential to solve the power supply problem for miniaturized electronic devices. However, the severe wear problem of TVNG causes rapid attenuation of current density, which is difficult to realize long‐term operation with high output. In this work, an effective strategy via interface lubrication is proposed to enhance the direct‐current density and lifetime of TVNGs simultaneously. The water‐based graphene oxide solution is utilized as a lubricant, which can increase the sliding surface carriers to enhance current density, and reduce the wear between the copper and the silicon wafer surface due to its excellent lubrication performance. Hence, the TVNG can generate peak current density output ≈775 mA m−2, accompanied with 31 mC m−2 transfer charges density. The TVNG via interface lubrication can maintain high current output after 30 000 cycles. In addition, it can combine with triboelectric nanogenerator to constitute a dual‐type signal sensor, which can be used to monitor bridge vibration and goods’ weight. This study provides an effective method to solve the wear problem of TVNG and improve direct‐current density simultaneously, which will accelerate the practical application of TVNGs in the future.
Although
electrocoagulation technology has been widely researched
in wastewater treatment, high energy consumption and electrode passivation
are still the main challenges for its widespread applications. Here,
we propose a self-powered electrocoagulation system based on a triboelectric
nanogenerator (TENG) with alternating current (AC) outputs to solve
these two issues, and thus enhance the removal efficiency of organic
pollutants. Compared with the direct current source, the AC power
source can reduce the electrode passivation, produce more aluminum
hydroxide compounds after consuming an equal amount of charges, and
thus improve the degradation efficiency. Moreover, the removal efficiency
can be further enhanced by decreasing the frequency AC, in which a
5.7-fold improvement was achieved at 0.2 Hz compared to DC at 1.8
Hz. Inspired by the low frequency of ocean wave water, we developed
a self-powered AC-electrocoagulation system to directly drive the
electrocoagulation reaction by harvesting water wave energy, which
can effectively remove 94.8% of xylenol orange and 98.8% of water–oil
emulsion, and thus completely address the problem of energy consumption.
This study further promotes the application of self-powered electrochemical
systems in treating environmental pollution.
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