• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 056 (2024)
Ya’nan Yang1,2, Jiaqi Wang1, Zhe Wang1, Changxiang Shao1..., Yuyang Han1, Ying Wang1, Xiaoting Liu1,2, Xiaotong Sun1,2, Liru Wang1,2, Yuanyuan Li1,2, Qiang Guo1,2, Wenpeng Wu1,2, Nan Chen1,2,* and Liangti Qu3|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing, 314019, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01260-w Cite this Article
    Ya’nan Yang, Jiaqi Wang, Zhe Wang, Changxiang Shao, Yuyang Han, Ying Wang, Xiaoting Liu, Xiaotong Sun, Liru Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Qiang Guo, Wenpeng Wu, Nan Chen, Liangti Qu. Moisture-Electric–Moisture-Sensitive Heterostructure Triggered Proton Hopping for Quality-Enhancing Moist-Electric Generator[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 056 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    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.
    Ya’nan Yang, Jiaqi Wang, Zhe Wang, Changxiang Shao, Yuyang Han, Ying Wang, Xiaoting Liu, Xiaotong Sun, Liru Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Qiang Guo, Wenpeng Wu, Nan Chen, Liangti Qu. Moisture-Electric–Moisture-Sensitive Heterostructure Triggered Proton Hopping for Quality-Enhancing Moist-Electric Generator[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 056
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