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Upcycling waste mycelium into chitosan-based biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerators with enhanced energy output
(2026-12-01)
Panpho, Phakakorn
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Charoonsuk, Thitirat
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Pakawanit, Phakkhananan
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Bongkarn, Theerachai
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Vitayakorn, Narathip
Sustainable nanogenerators require bio-based active layers that combine interfacial polarization, mechanical deformability, and stable charge generation. Herein, waste mushroom mycelium (WMM) was upcycled as a multifunctional biofiller in chitosan (CTS)-based films for piezoelectric/triboelectric energy-harvesting devices. By controlling WMM loading and glycerol plasticization, this study reveals a morphology–dielectric–compliance coupling mechanism governing device performance. FTIR, XRD, SEM, and X-ray tomographic analyses show that WMM modifies hydrogen bonding, chain packing, surface texture, and internal filler connectivity, while excessive loading causes aggregation and structural non-uniformity. The optimized 7 wt% WMM/CTS film produced a PENG-mode output of 1.87 V and 1.72 μA and a TENG output of 15.39 V and 2.54 μA. The output of the TENG was further improved to 20.35 V and 2.80 μA at a maximum power of about 44 μW with glycerol plasticization. Capacitor charging, cyclic operation, LED array illumination and seven-segment display were also shown with the optimized device. Notably, the highest low-frequency apparent permittivity was observed at 11 wt% WMM/CTS, but its output decreased because of aggregation, dielectric loss, and mechanical non-uniformity. These results demonstrate that optimum energy harvesting is governed not by dielectric permittivity alone but by balanced polar interfaces, surface asperity, moderate dielectric loss, and contact compliance. This work establishes waste mycelium as a functional biofiller for sustainable biopolymer active layers in low-power self-powered systems.
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Simple enhanced charge density of chitosan film by the embedded ion method for the flexible triboelectric nanogenerator
(2022-12-01)
Charoonsuk, Thitirat
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Supansomboon, Supitcha
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Pakawanit, Phakkhananan
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Vittayakorn, Wanwilai
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Pongampai, Satana
This research proposed a simple ionic embedded method to improve electrical output performance by adding surface charges of cationic chitosan (CS) biopolymer for compatible utilization of the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). By simply embedding cationic salts, the TENG performance was enhanced by over four times more than that with pristine CS. Moreover, by modifying roughness on the film surface, the optimized condition of R-CS/3 %CaCl<inf>2</inf> reached the highest V<inf>OC</inf> and I<inf>SC</inf> of ~149 V and ~15 μA, respectively, thus exceeding the output from pristine R-CS TENG by four- and three times of ⁓38 V and ⁓5.1 μA. The maximum power output of 400 μW/cm2 can be observed at the 10 MΩ external load resistance. Finally, by integrating an automatic self-charge pumping (ASCP) module, the ASCP/CS-TENG provided highly efficient V<inf>OC</inf> and I<inf>SC</inf> output power by over 1.3 times more than the R-CS/3 %CaCl<inf>2</inf> TENG and could light up 72 light emitting diodes (LEDs) easily.
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Triboelectric-piezoelectric hybrid nanogenerator based on BaTiO3-Nanorods/Chitosan enhanced output performance with self-charge-pumping system
(2021-03-01)
Pongampai, Satana
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Charoonsuk, Thitirat
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Pinpru, Nattapong
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Pulphol, Phieraya
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Vittayakorn, Wanwilai
Recent advances in achieving flexible triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) focus widely on utilizing and modifying abundant natural biopolymer. Boosting power generation and conversion efficiency continue to prevail. In this work, three main strategies were proposed to enhance the output performance of chitosan-based TENGs; 1) hybridization with lead-free piezoelectric nanorod, 2) introduction of a soft electrode using bacterial cellulose/carbon nanotube composite to enhance contact efficiency, and 3) enhancement of charge density of the triboelectric friction layer using a self-charge pumping (SCP) module. Under the same testing conditions of 48 ± 5% relative humidity, ~0.55 Hz of frequency, ~250 N of compressive force at 25.0 ± 0.5 °C, and the combination of 7 wt% lead-free piezoelectric BaTiO<inf>3</inf> nanorods (BT-NRs) in the chitosan matrix, the highest open-circuit voltage (V<inf>oc</inf>) of ~111.4 V, short circuit (I<inf>sc</inf>) of ~21.6 μA/cm2, and also output power density of 756 μW/cm2 was achieved. By using an integrated SCP module, the TENGs can provide a V<inf>oc</inf>, I<inf>sc</inf> and peak power output of 247.2 V, 36.7 μA/cm2 and 1568 μW/cm2, respectively. This electrical power output rises to over 4-fold more power enhancement than that of pristine chitosan TENGs. The TENGs demonstrate remarkable mechanical stability and reliability upon cyclical contact for up to 3000 times. This work provides a promising strategy for achieving high-output, eco-friendly triboelectric nanogenerators. By boosting the output performance via continuous charge pumping, ultrahigh effective charge density was achieved successfully in flexible chitosan/BT-NR biocomposites that can push output performance towards real applications of TENGs.

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