Super-elastic Liquid Metal-based Triboelectric Fibers and Textiles

PAN Shengli; HE Huiyu; CHENG Zhaochen; XIN Litao; LI Biao; WANG Pu

doi:10.11936/bjutxb2023030021

Journal of Beijing University of Technology > 2025 > 51(3): 327-336. > DOI: 10.11936/bjutxb2023030021

PAN Shengli, HE Huiyu, CHENG Zhaochen, XIN Litao, LI Biao, WANG Pu. Super-elastic Liquid Metal-based Triboelectric Fibers and Textiles[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Technology, 2025, 51(3): 327-336. DOI: 10.11936/bjutxb2023030021

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Super-elastic Liquid Metal-based Triboelectric Fibers and Textiles

Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

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Received Date: March 16, 2023
Revised Date: June 06, 2023

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To solve the problems of preparation process, flexibility, and flexibility of friction electric fibers, super-elastic triboelectric fibers were prepared by using an extrusion-filling method. The liquid metal EGaIn and thermoplastic elastomer material were used as the conductive electrode and the fiber sleeve, respectively. The fiber could sustain strains up to 2 200% and exhibited high electrical outputs. By using a 5 cm long fiber as the medium, the fiber can provide an unsaturated average open circuit voltage of 7 V when in contact with paper; and the instantaneous power density of 1.6 μW/m was obtained with an external load resistance of 200 MΩ. Weaning the fiber into an 8 cm×8 cm textile, the max electrical outputs were 120 V, 280 nA, 28 nC. Results show that the extrusion-filling technology is an effective way to develop stretchable triboelectric fibers. The super-elastic fibers in this work have the potential for multi-functional wearable smart textiles applications.
- flexible and wearable,
- triboelectric nanogenerator,
- super-elastic,
- fibers,
- textiles,
- electrical outputs

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