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Vol. 15 (2023)

A Self-Powered, Highly Embedded and Sensitive Tribo-Label-Sensor for the Fast and Stable Label Printer

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00999-y
Xindan Hui
School of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Zhongjie Li
School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China
Lirong Tang
School of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Jianfeng Sun
School of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China
Xingzhe Hou
Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company, Chongqing 401123, People’s Republic of China
Jie Chen
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, People’s Republic of China
Yan Peng
School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China
Zhiyi Wu
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
Hengyu Guo
School of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhiyi Wu

wuzhiyi@binn.cas.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 27

Abstract

Label-sensor is an essential component of the label printer which is becoming a most significant tool for the development of Internet of Things (IoT). However, some drawbacks of the traditional infrared label-sensor make the printer fail to realize the high-speed recognition of labels as well as stable printing. Herein, we propose a self-powered and highly sensitive tribo-label-sensor (TLS) for accurate label identification, positioning and counting by embedding triboelectric nanogenerator into the indispensable roller structure of a label printer. The sensing mechanism, device parameters and deep comparison with infrared sensor are systematically studied both in theory and experiment. As the results, TLS delivers 6 times higher signal magnitude than traditional one. Moreover, TLS is immune to label jitter and temperature variation during fast printing and can also be used for transparent label directly and shows long-term robustness. This work may provide an alternative toolkit with outstanding advantages to improve current label printer and further promote the development of IoT.


Highlights:


1 A self-powered and highly sensitive tribo-label-sensor is proposed as the substitution of infrared sensor for addressing current issues in label printer.
2 Tribo-label-sensor shows higher integrability, sensitivity, reliability and universality than traditional infrared sensor for label identification, positioning and counting.

Keywords

label-sensor Infrared sensor Triboelectric nanogenerator Self-powered Embedded sensor
Hui, Xindan, Zhongjie Li, Lirong Tang, Jianfeng Sun, Xingzhe Hou, Jie Chen, Yan Peng, Zhiyi Wu, and Hengyu Guo. 2022. “A Self-Powered, Highly Embedded and Sensitive Tribo-Label-Sensor for the Fast and Stable Label Printer”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (December):27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00999-y.
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