Abstract
Glass based single electrode mode triboelectric generator (SETEG) has been made and PDMS negative charge material is used to cyclically contact with it under different contact forces, frequencies and spacers. There will be higher electric output under higher contact force, frequency and spacer. The SETEG shows a better electric output performance with a thinner glass positive charge material under lower ambient humidity condition. An open circuit voltage, short circuit current and power up to 318 V, 8.3 μA and 427 μW has been obtained with only 5×5 cm contact area. The sensor array wafer is then made with 9 separated 5mm×5mm SETEG on it and the voltage output can easily reach 2 V under ~1 N PDMS covered stylus touch. A LabVIEW based automatic measure system is built to record, calculate and display the voltage output of the sensing array under the stylus contact. The recorded output voltage shows good independence and can easily be calculated to track the motion of the stylus, demonstrating the great potential of the glass based SETEG to be made into sensing applications in our daily life.