• 文献标题:   Geometric Tuning for Enhanced Moisture-Driven Electricity Generation Enabled by Graphene-Oxide Flakes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ANAGNOSTOU K, VEISAKIS G, KALOGERAKIS I, VISKADOUROS G, ROGDAKIS K, KYMAKIS E
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, energy harvesting, moisture energy generation, nanomaterial, 2d material
  • 出版物名称:   COATINGS
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/coatings12121970
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we formulate water-based graphene oxide (GO) inks to fabricate moisture energy generators (MEGs) while a two-fold geometric tuning is proposed to encourage enhanced performance. Two GO-based structures with distinctly different thicknesses were prepared as the moisture absorbing layer: a GO-pellet (GOP) and a thinner GO-film (GOF). The effect of electrical contacts' configuration on the MEG's output voltage (V-o) was evaluated as a second geometric tunning approach by varying the surface area of the contacts and their orientation with respect to the GO plane, i.e., horizontal or vertical. GOF-based devices that employed a horizontal contacts' configuration demonstrated champion V-o values (similar to 350 mV) and the fastest response to humidity (3 min required to reach maximum V-o when the relative humidity, or RH, was increased). In GOP devices with horizontal point-like contacts, V-o is inversely related to the contacts' distance, with a maximum V-o of -205 mV achieved at a -1 mm contacts' distance. GOP-based MEGs with point-like contacts placed vertically to the GO-plane yielded a higher V-o value (similar to 285 mV), while the humidity response time was 15 min. Replacing these contacts with large area electrodes in GOP devices resulted in devices with a slower response to humidity (similar to 30 min) due to a smaller exposed GO surface area. These geometric tuning techniques allowed for the investigation of the optimum device configuration towards efficient moisture-based energy generation with a fast response.