Review article
Applicable measurement systems for determining the amount of electrostatic charge generated on textile materials
Juro Živičnjak
orcid.org/0000-0003-4723-6005
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Static electricity is a phenomenon that describes the instability of an electric charge inside or on the surface of an observed object. Previously, static electricity was closely related to electrical resistivity, i.e., the electrical conductivity of the observed object. More recently, electrical resistance is no longer sufficient as a reference value, especially with the increasing use of multipurpose materials such as textiles that contain active elements that are powered by electricity. E-, smart or intelligent textiles are limited by their energy storage capacity and proximity to the nearest power source. Therefore, portable energy harvesting devices such as triboelectric generators (TEG) are used to generate electrostatic charge and convert it into usable electrical energy. The need for further analysis of the electrical properties of textile materials has led to several research papers observing the voltage and capacitance values induced by contact or non-contact electrification of textile materials. From the numerous investigations, a few reference examples were selected in which the electrification of materials was performed by contact or non-contact and with different measurement setups to determine the electrostatic charge.
Keywords
static electricity; electric charge; textile; voltage; capacity
Hrčak ID:
308429
URI
Publication date:
5.2.2023.
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