Quantum Theory of Contact Electrification for Fluids and Solids
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Abstract A unified quantum‐mechanical model of contact electrification that provides a microscopic basis for the Volta–Helmholtz–Montgomery hypothesis is presented. The model can represent metals, semiconductors, or insulators, in either fluid or solid phase, and with an effective electron transfer parameter as the driving mechanism. Known experimental results such as the charging of similar materials, the charging of similar materials with different contact orientation, the surface charge mosaic, and the higher efficiency of charge transfer for a liquid–solid contact, compared to a solid–solid one, are reproduced. A quantum‐mechanical charge oscillation in the femtosecond to picosecond regime is predicted to take place. Coulomb interaction is found to have an impact on not just the charge transferred but also the period of charge oscillation.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors · Conducting polymers and applications
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CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro‐Nano Energy and Sensor Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100083 P. R. China
School of Nanoscience and Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
Department of Photonics Engineering Technical University of Denmark DK‐2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
Department of Physics University of West Georgia Carrollton GA 30118 USA
School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332‐0245 USA
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