Molecular structure engineering of dielectric fluorinated polymers for enhanced performances of triboelectric nanogenerators

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Fluorinated polymers have been widely used in triboelectric sensors, displays, and energy harvesting devices because of their superior electron affinity, which leads to the negative triboelectric materials. While previous reports have shown that the control of dielectric constants of fluorinated polymers can increase the triboelectric output performance, the exact relationship between the molecular structures of fluorinated polymers and the resulting triboelectric properties is still elusive. In this study, we demonstrate that the molecular chain structures of the fluorinated polymers depending on the number of fluorine units, the molecular weight (M-w), and conditions such as spin rate and annealing temperature directly affect the relative dielectric constants of dielectric layers and the triboelectric polarity, which are closely related to the triboelectric output performance. We observe that the polymer chain packing structures result in the increase of the relative dielectric constants, thus leading to the improvement of triboelectric output currents. Among the fluorinated polymers used in this study, a poly (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) polymer with three fluorine units and M-w of similar to 20 kg/mol shows the best triboelectric output performance. Our molecular engineering strategy to control the dielectric constants of fluorinated polymers can be a robust platform for the fundamental studies of triboelectric materials and their applications in diverse energy harvesting and sensing devices.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Issue Date
2018-11
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; FREE-VOLUME; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; CHEMICAL-MODIFICATION; FILMS; COPOLYMERS; CONSTANT; ENERGY; OUTPUT

Citation

NANO ENERGY, v.53, pp.37 - 45

ISSN
2211-2855
DOI
10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.08.032
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/246878
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MS-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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