High-Intensity Triboelectrification-Induced Electroluminescence by Microsized Contacts for Self-Powered Display and Illumination

Xiao Yan Wei, Leipeng Liu, Hai Lu Wang, Shuang Yang Kuang, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Zhong Lin Wang, Yihe Zhang, Guang Zhu

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Abstract

The conversion of kinetic energy into light emission can produce real-time self-powered luminescence. In this work, high-intensity triboelectrification-induced electroluminescence (TIEL) is obtained from microsized contacts that have relative sliding motion. The microsized structure significantly promotes the changing rate of the electric field within a luminescent layer. As a result, the produced luminescence intensity is enhanced by two folds compared with a plain-surface contact. Besides, each microsized contact unit acts as a luminescence pixel. A collection of the contacts can be either designed into patterns or arranged into an array. Therefore, the high-intensity TIEL presented can be potentially used in self-powered display and illumination.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1701063
JournalAdvanced Materials Interfaces
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • electroluminescence
  • energy conversion
  • self-powered display
  • triboelectrification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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