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Vol. 12 (2020)

A Self-Powered Nanogenerator for the Electrical Protection of Integrated Circuits from Trace Amounts of Liquid

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0338-1
Zhuang Hui
Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Ming Xiao
Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Daozhi Shen
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Jiayun Feng
Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Peng Peng
School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China
Yangai Liu
Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University
Walter W. Duley
Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Y. Norman Zhou
Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Corresponding Author: Yangai Liu

liuyang@cugb.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 5

Abstract

With the increase in the use of electronic devices in many different environments, a need has arisen for an easily implemented method for the rapid, sensitive detection of liquids in the vicinity of electronic components. In this work, a high-performance power generator that combines carbon nanoparticles and TiO2 nanowires has been fabricated by sequential electrophoretic deposition (EPD). The open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of a single generator are found to exceed 0.7 V and 100 μA when 6 μL of water was applied. The generator is also found to have a stable and reproducible response to other liquids. An output voltage of 0.3 V was obtained after 244, 876, 931, and 184 μs, on exposure of the generator to 6 μL of water, ethanol, acetone, and methanol, respectively. The fast response time and high sensitivity to liquids show that the device has great potential for the detection of small quantities of liquid. In addition, the simple easily implemented sequential EPD method ensures the high mechanical strength of the device. This compact, reliable device provides a new method for the sensitive, rapid detection of extraneous liquids before they can impact the performance of electronic circuits, particularly those on printed circuit board.

Highlights
1 A power generator based on carbon nanoparticles and TiO2 nanowires was fabricated by sequential electrophoretic deposition.
2 Benefit from the special structure of the carbon nanoparticle films, the generator exhibited an fast and reliable response to liquids.
3 A possible system for printed circuit board protection using an array of power generators was proposed.


Keywords

Self-powered generator Sub-millisecond response Liquid protection
Hui, Zhuang, Ming Xiao, Daozhi Shen, Jiayun Feng, Peng Peng, Yangai Liu, Walter W. Duley, and Y. Norman Zhou. 2019. “A Self-Powered Nanogenerator for the Electrical Protection of Integrated Circuits from Trace Amounts of Liquid”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (December):5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0338-1.
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Author Biographies

Zhuang Hui, Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China

1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National
Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University
of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
2 Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
3 School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191,
People’s Republic of China

Ming Xiao, Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

2 Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
4 Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Jiayun Feng, Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

2 Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
6 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001,
People’s Republic of China

Walter W. Duley, Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

2 Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
7 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Y. Norman Zhou, Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

2 Department of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
4 Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

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