Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : ACS Applied Nano Materials
Source : ACS Applied Nano Materials, Volume 2 (2019)
Url : https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Poly(vinylidene-fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-ZnO-on-Karumuthil-Rajeev/b3f1db0d6729fbd30012636dd10978c2b9b2a688
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electronics and Communication
Year : 2019
Abstract : In this article, we report on an energy-harvesting device using a hybrid flexible polymer nanocomposite as a tribo–piezo layer for energy generation. Piezoelectric nano zinc oxide (ZnO) and exfoliated graphene oxide (EGO) are used with a piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) polymer matrix to prepare the energy-generating layer. An enhancement of the β phase in P(VDF-TrFE) is achieved by the method used for film preparation and the addition of ceramic nanoparticles to the matrix. The devices are tested under manual and mechanical tapping to generate electrical energy which is stored in a commercial capacitor. The fabricated hybrid polymer nanocomposite device generated 2.27 V (manual tapping), 11.6 V (qualitative analysis), and 28.3 V (quantitative analysis). Knock sensing action of the prototype device is also demonstrated. The hybrid polymer nanocomposite device with excellent touch sensitivity that is lightweight with distinguished energy-generating efficiency can be used in the self-powered energy-harvesting electronic devices of tomorrow.
Cite this Research Publication : S. C. K, Sreenidhi P. R., and Varghese, S., “Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-ZnO Nanoparticle Composites on a Flexible Polydimethylsiloxane Substrate for Energy Harvesting”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 2, 2019.