5th INTERNATIONAL ANATOLIAN ENERGY SYMPOSIUM, Trabzon, Türkiye, 24 - 26 Mart 2021, ss.46
ABSTRACT
During the last decade, with the incredible presence of
electronic devices in our daily lives, alternative solutions to unravel the
energy requirement have begun to be assembled. Triboelectric nanogenerators
(TENGs) emerge to transform energy from the existing conditions into the
electricity as an exceptional energy harvesting technology. TENGs maintains
several advantages such as cost-smart, energy-saving and adaptability with
material choices, originated in the coupling of working mechanisms between
triboelectrification and electrostatic induction.
Instead of using unpractical polymers for long-term usage in
tough conditions as a friction layer in TENGs, using durable TiO2
thin films are one of the suitable choices through semiconductor materials.
With good chemical and mechanical stability, TiO2 films are the most
widely used oxide for electronic applications owing to low cost and high
activity. Especially, the low-temperature phase - anatase exhibits different
surface charge density properties with varying surface modifications to affect
TENGs performance.
TiO2 films deposited on Si(100) substrate by using
the RF magnetron sputtering method with various working powers and partial O2
pressures. To manage the triboelectric performance of the TiO2
films, structural and electrical characterizations accomplished with X-ray
diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, semi-logarithmic current-voltage and
frequency-dependent capacitance measurements.
The variations on the working power and partial O2 pressures
affect the crystal and surface structure under the influence of sputtering
conditions caused by development in the particle distributions. The surface
charge density characteristics were received by the influence of the variation
in the working power and partial O2 pressures concerned from the
frequency-dependent capacitance measurements. The maximum capacitance value at
very low frequencies regarded as a further contribution for the triboelectric,
which is quite close to the natural oscillation frequency due to the coupling
of triboelectrification and electrostatic induction.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological
Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under the grant number of 119M972.
Keywords: Triboelectric Effect, TiO2, Triboelectric Nanogenerator,
Friction Layer