Improving the Working Efficiency of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator by the Semimetallic PEDOT:PSS Hole Transport Layer and Its Application in Self-Powered Active Acetylene Gas Sensing

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 30079-30089

  Uddin, A S M Iftekhar ^a   Yaqoob, Usman ^a   Chung, Gwiy Sang ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acetylene; PEDOT:PSS; self powered active sensor; triboelectric nanogenerator; wrinkled PDMS

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIGHTING; MICROCHANNELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NYLON TEXTILES; POLYAMIDES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; RAYON; SILICONES; SILVER; TRIBOELECTRICITY; WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACTIVE SENSOR; HARVESTING ENERGIES; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; INSTANTANEOUS POWER; NANOGENERATOR; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84994888068     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08002     Document Type: Article

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