Interfacial friction-induced electronic excitation mechanism for tribo-tunneling current generation

Jun Liu, Keren Jiang, Lan Nguyen, Zhi Li, Thomas Thundat

Materials Horizons · 2019 · 91 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

Strong interfacial electronic excitation may be induced by Schottky sliding contact, giving rise to direct-current generation with high current density (<italic>J</italic>, on the order of 100 A m<sup>−2</sup>).

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