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Sustainable energy potentials of textile-based triboelectric generators through simulation of real usage conditions

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Over the last years, the use of eco-friendly and human skin-friendly regular textile materials has been of high interest in building textile-based triboelectric generators (TEGs). However, although the triboelectricity phenomenon can be commonly experienced when simply removing a cloth, most of the research applies considerable force loads between the triboelectric surfaces, a condition that is not met on garments. In this study, the primary objective was to compare the triboelectric potentials of six selected textile samples of identical knitting patterns, but different materials under a number of repeated cycles of contact, sliding, and separation, as they would behave if they were parts of a TEG on a garment under real usage conditions. All the sample combinations provided firmly different voltage outputs following exponential increases until they reached different plateaus of saturation. This work wishes to help toward the use of ordinary, eco-friendly, and human skin-friendly textile materials as options for wearable TEGs on garments.

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Highlights

This study investigates the triboelectric potentials of regular textiles in wearable energy generators, comparing different materials under real-world conditions to explore their effectiveness in generating voltage through natural movements.

Discussion

  • Why develop a versatile triboelectric generator prototype that imitates garment usage in real-life scenarios such as by a walking person? What distinct advantages does this approach offer?

  • What motion should be executed by a triboelectric generator device to imitate the natural movements on the garment of a walking human? How does this mechanism introduce friction into the prevalent vertical contact separation mode of triboelectric generators?

  • How can we compare the triboelectric outcomes across various samples of textile materials as if they were used under real conditions?

  • What are the potentials of using regular knitted fabrics in wearable triboelectric generators?

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The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Dimitrios Apostolou (Industrial Designer) for his valuable support.

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This research was funded by the University of West Attica (ELKE, Special Account for Research Grants, 80993/71311).

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, P. Ralli & Thivon 250, 12241, Athens, Greece

    Aristeidis Repoulias, Sotiria F. Galata & Savvas Vassiliadis

  2. Textile Engineering Department, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey

    Mustafa Ertekin & Arzu Marmarali

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Aristeidis Repoulias contributed to Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Data curation, Writing—original draft, Visualization, and Formal analysis. Mustafa Ertekin contributed to Conceptualization, Investigation, and Resources. Sotiria F Galata contributed to Validation and Writing—review & editing. Savvas Vassiliadis contributed to Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing, and Conceptualization. Arzu Marmarali contributed to Supervision, Resources, and Writing—review & editing.

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Repoulias, A., Ertekin, M., Galata, S.F. et al. Sustainable energy potentials of textile-based triboelectric generators through simulation of real usage conditions. MRS Energy & Sustainability (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43581-024-00095-1

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