<p>MoS<sub>2</sub>-Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofiber Films Via Electrospinning for High-Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators</p><p><br/></p>
<p>Electrospinning enables the fabrication of nanofiber films with large active surface area, high porosity, and controllable filler orientation, offering distinct advantages for fabricating high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). Here, we develop MoS<sub>2</sub>-doped electrospun polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films for TENG fabrication and reveal the underlying mechanisms of their enhanced triboelectric performance. Compared with spin-coated films, electrospun films intrinsically deliver higher output due to their fibrous morphology, while incorporation of MoS<sub>2</sub> nanosheets further improves the performance. TENG with the optimized 2 wt.% MoS<sub>2</sub>-PVA electrospun film reached 994.0 V, 111.0 mA·m<sup>-2</sup>, and 136.3 μC·m<sup>-2</sup>, corresponding to 3.8, 3.8, and 3.0 folds enhancements over the spin-coated pristine PVA TENG. Mechanistic studies by experiments and theoretical analysis showed that this remarkable enhancement arises from the combined effects of morphology driven enlargement of effective contact area, MoS<sub>2</sub> induced surface charge modulation, and nanosheet alignment induced piezoelectric polarization. Detailed material characterizations, COMSOL simulations, and molecular dynamic calculations provide quantitative and atomistic insights into these contributions. These results establish a coherent structure-property-performance relationship and provide design rules for durable, biocompatible, and high output TENGs, highlighting their promise for wearable energy harvesting and self-powered sensing applications.</p>
Authors
- Jikui Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-2443)
- Jianhui Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8154-1199)
- Hao Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-5149)
- Xi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1611-7356)
- Jun Ni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-7468)
- Liangquan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5988-3431)
- Fengling Zhuo
- Chuanrui Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-250X)
- Shurong Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8715-7072)
- Dinku Hazarika
- Jie Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-3995)
- Xinyu Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9611-6237)
- Kaihang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7565-8390)
- Jiaqi Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9953-2984)
- Rui Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1958-1784)
- Zhi Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-8786)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.20517/scierxiv202509.0623.v1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Type
- article
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