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Vol. 15 (2023)

Mechanoluminescent-Triboelectric Bimodal Sensors for Self-Powered Sensing and Intelligent Control

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01054-0
Bo Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Jize Liu
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Xin Huang
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Xiaoyan Qiu
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Xin Yang
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Hong Shao
Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu 610200, People’s Republic of China
Changyu Tang
Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu 610200, People’s Republic of China
Xinxing Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xinxing Zhang

xxzwwh@scu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 72

Abstract

Self-powered flexible devices with skin-like multiple sensing ability have attracted great attentions due to their broad applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). Various methods have been proposed to enhance mechano-optic or electric performance of the flexible devices; however, it remains challenging to realize the display and accurate recognition of motion trajectories for intelligent control. Here, we present a fully self-powered mechanoluminescent-triboelectric bimodal sensor based on micro-nanostructured mechanoluminescent elastomer, which can patterned-display the force trajectories. The deformable liquid metals used as stretchable electrode make the stress transfer stable through overall device to achieve outstanding mechanoluminescence (with a gray value of 107 under a stimulus force as low as 0.3 N and more than 2000 cycles reproducibility). Moreover, a microstructured surface is constructed which endows the resulted composite with significantly improved triboelectric performances (voltage increases from 8 to 24 V). Based on the excellent bimodal sensing performances and durability of the obtained composite, a highly reliable intelligent control system by machine learning has been developed for controlling trolley, providing an approach for advanced visual interaction devices and smart wearable electronics in the future IoT era.


Highlights:


1 A fully self-powered bimodal sensor is designed for patterned-displaying the force trajectories.
2 Outstanding mechanoluminescence is achieved with a stimulation force as low as 0.3 N and 2000 cycles reproducibility.
3 The designed bimodal sensor exhibits good potential for handwriting input to achieve visual intelligent control.

Keywords

Bimodal sensors Mechanoluminescence Triboelectric nanogenerator Intelligent control Self-powered
Zhou, Bo, Jize Liu, Xin Huang, Xiaoyan Qiu, Xin Yang, Hong Shao, Changyu Tang, and Xinxing Zhang. 2023. “Mechanoluminescent-Triboelectric Bimodal Sensors for Self-Powered Sensing and Intelligent Control”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (March):72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01054-0.
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