Triboelectric microplasma powered by mechanical stimuli

Jia Cheng; Wenbo Ding; Yunlong Zi; Yijia Lu; Linhong Ji; Fan Liu; Changsheng Wu; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06198-x

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Triboelectric microplasma powered by mechanical stimuli

Jia Cheng,
Wenbo Ding,
Yunlong Zi,
Yijia Lu,
Linhong Ji,
Fan Liu,
Changsheng Wu,
Zhong Lin Wang

Affiliations

Jia Cheng: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Wenbo Ding: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yunlong Zi: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yijia Lu: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Linhong Ji: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Fan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Changsheng Wu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhong Lin Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06198-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Gas discharge plasma sources are bulky and of limited use in remote areas with no external power supply. Here the authors create triboelectric plasma by triggering TENGs with mechanical stimuli and discuss its application as a portable plasma source.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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