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High Performance Composite Nanofibers-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

Monday, 14 May 2018
Ballroom 6ABC (Washington State Convention Center)
J. W. Kim, D. B. Kim, H. J. Choi, S. W. Kim, Y. Jung, C. S. Han, and Y. S. Cho (Yonsei University)
This work demonstrates the best piezoelectric energy harvesting performance of highly flexible nanofiber-based composite nanogenerators with very promising charging capability. The exceptional selection of high piezoelectric coefficient Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3–Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3 (PZN-PZT) nanoparticles enables the nanogenerators to be very competitive. It covers the entire procedure of fabricating the energy harvesters, i.e., (i) finding optimal composition in the system of PZN-PZT, (ii) synthesising nanoparticles by combustion reaction, (iii) treating surface of the nanoparticles, (iv) producing nanoparticle-dispersed composite nanofibers, (v) fabricating nanogenerators, and (iv) suggesting the enhanced way of charging capability by designing electrical connections. The achieved harvesting performance of ~3.4 V and ~240 nA is the best one so far for the nanofiber-based piezoelectric energy harvesters. The promising result is possible by adopting the optimal composition of 0.4Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.6Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3, which is far better than pure PZT in terms of piezoelectric properties. Composite nanofiber sheets consisting of uniformly distributed nanoparticles in the P(VDF-TrFE) polymer matrix are successfully demonstrated. The stacking approach of the composite sheets with a series connection suggests that the charging capability can be further enhanced depending on the number of stacking sheets. As an example, only double-layered sheets exhibit a ~5.7 V charging performance within ~150 seconds.