A self-powered soft triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump

被引：5
作者：
Li, Fangming [1 ]
Sun, Shuowen [1 ]
Wan, Xingfu [1 ]
Sun, Minzheng [1 ]
Zhang, Steven L. [2 ,3 ]
Xu, Minyi [1 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Dalian Maritime Univ, Marine Engn Coll, State Key Lab Maritime Technol & Safety, Dalian 116026, Peoples R China
[2] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[3] Max Planck Inst Intelligent Syst, Robot Mat Dept, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
[4] Guangzhou Inst Blue Energy, Guangzhou 510555, Peoples R China
来源：
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 2025年 / 16卷 / 01期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
ENERGY;
D O I：
10.1038/s41467-025-56679-z
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Soft pumps have the potential to transform industries including soft robotics, wearable devices, microfluidics and biomedical devices, but their efficiency and power supply limitations hinder prolonged operation. Here, we report a self-powered triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump, which combines a soft electrohydrodynamic pump driven by an electrostatic generator, specifically a triboelectric nanogenerator. The triboelectric nanogenerator collects ambient energy and converts it into high-voltage power source, allowing it to self-power an electrohydrodynamic pump and thus eliminating the need for external power supply. Using power management circuit, geometric shape optimization, and stacking methods, we achieve a maximum pressure of 4.49 kPa and a maximum flow rate of 502 mL/min. We demonstrate the pump's versatility in applications such as self-powered soft actuators, oil pumping in microfluidics, and oil purification. The triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump holds promising applications, and offers new insights for the development of fully self-powered systems.
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