A Droplet-Based Electricity Nanogenerator with Press-Release Structure for Revealing the Coupling of Displacement and Conducting Currents (2025)

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    • Shijing Yang

      Shijing Yang

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Gaobo Xu

      Gaobo Xu

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Wenfei Mao

      Wenfei Mao

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Haiqin Ma

      Haiqin Ma

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Tao Zhong

      Tao Zhong

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Ping Liu

      Ping Liu

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Jun Dong
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      Cunyun Xu

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Xiaofeng He

      Xiaofeng He

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Zezhuan Jiang

      Zezhuan Jiang

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    • Xiude Yang

      Xiude Yang

      School of Physics and Electronics, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi 563002, PR China

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      Yanli Gong

      College of Electronic Engineering (College of Meteorological Observation), Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, PR China

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    • Qunliang Song*

      Qunliang Song

      Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China

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    A Droplet-Based Electricity Nanogenerator with Press-Release Structure for Revealing the Coupling of Displacement and Conducting Currents (7)

    Contact electrification (CE) and electrostatic induction (EI) are believed to be the core processes in classic liquid–solid triboelectric nanogenerators (L-S TENGs), including the classical transistor-like droplet-based electricity generator (DEG) and other forms of DEGs. Recently reported total current DEGs made full use of CE, EI, and charge transfer (CT) effects and realized the coupling of displacement and conducting currents. However, this method has only been revealed in special structures, which have limitations depending on the falling location of droplets. Here, we construct a press-release total current DEG (PRTC-DEG) using a single droplet of water to visually verify the universality of CT and the contribution of conducting current in the total current DEG. By simply squeezing and then releasing this PRTC-DEG, charges are squirted out to realize the separation of charges in space and time. The working mechanism of PRTC-DEG and the coupling between displacement current and conducting current are also demonstrated. In addition, the structural design proposed in this study alleviates the dependence of output on the falling location of droplets in DEG and provides a new working mode for DEG, which makes DEG expand to more scenarios.

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