Structural superlubricity triboelectric nanogenerator with negligible wear and high triboelectrification efficiency
Chaojie Chen, Jinhui Nie, Ying Liu, Xiaojian Xiang, Xuanyu Huang, Quanshui Zheng, Yunlong Zi · 2026
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Description
Chaojie Chen and colleagues build a friction-free power harvester that turns tiny shakes into electricity, describing the device in 2026. Triboelectric generators rub two surfaces to make charge, a handy power source for small sensors. Rubbing also wastes energy and wears surfaces out, cutting device life. The team paired graphite with silica glass and polished the contact to atomic smoothness, reaching a state called structural superlubricity, where surfaces slide with almost no grip.
Measured friction fell close to zero in the sliding state. Full contact blocked air breakdown, so charge spread evenly and reached high density, lifting charge-making efficiency about a hundredfold over older designs. Output stayed steady past one hundred thousand cycles with no visible wear. The authors present the design as a path to long-lived, self-powered sensors.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chaojie Chen, Jinhui Nie, Ying Liu, Xiaojian Xiang, Xuanyu Huang, Quanshui Zheng, Yunlong Zi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32556 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |