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. 2022 Feb 17;13:938. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28575-3

Fig. 6. TI-TENG self-powered sensors and system-level applications.

Fig. 6

a Structural schematics of the designed TI-TENG sensor array with various spacings. The bottom view shows the relative distribution of nine ITO electrodes, corresponding to nine independent TENGs (numbering from T1 to T9). b Output voltage signals of TI–T3 by touching different sites. The top panel illustrates the corresponding pressing sites of A–E. c Output voltage signals mapped in electrode positions and measurement time when sliding across the surface of TI film from T1 to T3 (sliding speed: 13 mm s1). VNor means the normalized voltage signals. d Output signals of T4–T9 by pressing on the top of the electrodes of T4, T5, T7, T8 (left panel), and middle sites (right panel). For a fair comparison, the tapping sites highlighted at the top panel were operated with a uniform contact force and area. e Plots of the statistical anti-interference index of TI-TENG sensory system depending on different spacings from panel (d), which shows the anti-interference abilities of tactile sensors at each spacing to improve the system-level design. Note that the index was extracted from the ratio of (V0 − V)/V0, where V and V0 represent the measured voltage value for each cell with possible disturbance and without disturbance, respectively. A curve arrow is used to guide eyes. f Recorded output voltage curves and normalized maps of T1–T9 when touching with different objects of letter T and I. g Image of a game controller integrated with four TI-TENG sensors and zoom-in sensory system (inset). h Images of various demonstrations of TI-TENG sensors-enabled operating instructions, including Down, Left, Right, and Transform. i Images of a pair of smart glasses-enabled wireless music players. The upper panel illustrates four integrated TI-TENG sensors on the side bracket. TENG cells with numbers 1–4 represent directions of Last, Next, Vol up (voice up), and Play/Stop, respectively. j Demonstration of operating the Vol up and Next instructions via triggering self-powered TI-TENG sensors. Scale bar in (g) and (i): 2 cm. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.