The portable power bank as an energy storage device has received tremendous attention while the limited capacity and periodical charging are critical issues. Here, a self‐charging power system (SCPS) consisting of a 0.94(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3–0.06Ba(Zr0.25Ti0.75)O3/polyvinylidenefluoride (BNT–BZT/PVDF) composite film‐based triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is designed as a wind energy harvester and an all‐solid‐state lithium‐ion battery (ASSLIB) as the energy storage device. The optimized TENG can provide an output voltage of ≈400 V, a current of ≈45 µA, and a maximum power of ≈10.65 mW, respectively. The ASSLIB assembled by LiNiCoMnO2 as the cathode, NiCo2S4 as the anode, and Li7La3Zr2O12 as the solid electrolyte can maintain a discharge capacity of 51.3 µAh after 200 cycles with a Coulombic efficiency of 98.5%. Particularly, an ASSLIB can be easily charged up to 3.8 V in 58 min using the wind‐driven TENG, which can continuously drive 12 parallel‐connected white light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) or a pH meter. This work demonstrates the development of low‐cost, high‐performance and high‐safety SCPSs and their large‐scale practical application in self‐powered microelectronic devices.
The relatively low output performance of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), which faces a challenge in performance improvement, limits its practical applications. Here, a high-performance TENG consisting of a silicon carbide@silicon dioxide nanowhiskers/polydimethylsiloxane (SiC@SiO2/PDMS) nanocomposite film and a superhydrophobic aluminum (Al) plate as triboelectric layers is demonstrated. The 7 wt% SiC@SiO2/PDMS TENG presents a peak voltage of 200 V and a peak current of 30 μA, which are ~ 300 and ~ 500% over that of the PDMS TENG, owing to an increase in dielectric constant and a decrease in dielectric loss of the PDMS film because of electric insulated SiC@SiO2 nanowhiskers. Furthermore, a 10 μF capacitor can be charged up to 3 V within ~ 87 s, which can be continuously operated on the electronic watch for 14 s. The work provides an effective strategy for improving output performance of TENG by adding core–shell nanowhiskers to modulate the dielectric properties of organic materials.
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