TY - JOUR
T1 - Moisture-Electric–Moisture-Sensitive Heterostructure Triggered Proton Hopping for Quality-Enhancing Moist-Electric Generator
AU - Yang, Ya’nan
AU - Wang, Jiaqi
AU - Wang, Zhe
AU - Shao, Changxiang
AU - Han, Yuyang
AU - Wang, Ying
AU - Liu, Xiaoting
AU - Sun, Xiaotong
AU - Wang, Liru
AU - Li, Yuanyuan
AU - Guo, Qiang
AU - Wu, Wenpeng
AU - Chen, Nan
AU - Qu, Liangti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Moisture-enabled electricity (ME) is a method of converting the potential energy of water in the external environment into electrical energy through the interaction of functional materials with water molecules and can be directly applied to energy harvesting and signal expression. However, ME can be unreliable in numerous applications due to its sluggish response to moisture, thus sacrificing the value of fast energy harvesting and highly accurate information representation. Here, by constructing a moisture-electric–moisture-sensitive (ME-MS) heterostructure, we develop an efficient ME generator with ultra-fast electric response to moisture achieved by triggering Grotthuss protons hopping in the sensitized ZnO, which modulates the heterostructure built-in interfacial potential, enables quick response (0.435 s), an unprecedented ultra-fast response rate of 972.4 mV s−1, and a durable electrical signal output for 8 h without any attenuation. Our research provides an efficient way to generate electricity and important insight for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of moisture-generated carrier migration in ME generator, which has a more comprehensive working scene and can serve as a typical model for human health monitoring and smart medical electronics design.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
AB - Moisture-enabled electricity (ME) is a method of converting the potential energy of water in the external environment into electrical energy through the interaction of functional materials with water molecules and can be directly applied to energy harvesting and signal expression. However, ME can be unreliable in numerous applications due to its sluggish response to moisture, thus sacrificing the value of fast energy harvesting and highly accurate information representation. Here, by constructing a moisture-electric–moisture-sensitive (ME-MS) heterostructure, we develop an efficient ME generator with ultra-fast electric response to moisture achieved by triggering Grotthuss protons hopping in the sensitized ZnO, which modulates the heterostructure built-in interfacial potential, enables quick response (0.435 s), an unprecedented ultra-fast response rate of 972.4 mV s−1, and a durable electrical signal output for 8 h without any attenuation. Our research provides an efficient way to generate electricity and important insight for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of moisture-generated carrier migration in ME generator, which has a more comprehensive working scene and can serve as a typical model for human health monitoring and smart medical electronics design.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
KW - Durable electrical output
KW - Fast response
KW - Grotthuss proton hopping
KW - Moist-electric generators
KW - Personal health monitoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85180130101&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40820-023-01260-w
DO - 10.1007/s40820-023-01260-w
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85180130101
SN - 2311-6706
VL - 16
JO - Nano-Micro Letters
JF - Nano-Micro Letters
IS - 1
M1 - 56
ER -
