Direct-write piezoelectric polymeric nanogenerator with high energy conversion efficiency

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 726-731

  Chang, Chieh ^a   Tran, Van H ^a,b   Wang, Junbo ^a,c   Fuh, Yiin Kuen ^a   Lin, Liwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Direct write nanofibers; Energy harvesting scavenging; Nanogenerator; Near field electrospinning; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

DIRECT WRITE; DIRECT-WRITE NANOFIBERS; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL POLING; ENERGY HARVESTER; HIGH ENERGY; IN-SITU; MECHANICAL STRETCH; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; NANOGENERATOR; NEAR-FIELD; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY CONVERSION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OSCILLOMETRY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 76749162390     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9040719     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Lu, X.; McElroy, M. B.; Kiviluoma, J. Global Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 10933-10938.
2. Scruggs, J.; Jacob, P. Harvesting Ocean Wave Energy. Science 2009, 323 (5918), 1176-1178.
3. (3) Paradiso, J. A.; Starner, T. Energy Scavenging for Mobile and Wireless Electronics. IEEE Pervasive Comput. 2005, 4(1), 18-27. (Pubitemid 40495602)
4. Donelan, J. M.; Li, Q.; Naing, V.; Hoffer, J. A.; Weber, D. J.; Kuo, A. D. Biomechanical Energy Harvesting: Generating Electricity During Walking with Minimal User Effort. Science 2008, 319 (5864), 807-810.
5. Wang, Z. L.; Song, J. Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide Nanowire Arrays. Science 2006, 312 (5771), 242-246.
6. Wang, X.; Song, J.; Liu, J.; Wang, Z. L. Direct-Current Nanogenerator Driven by Ultrasonic. Science 2007, 316 (5821), 102-105.
7. Qin, Y.; Wang, X.; Wang, Z. L. Microfiber-Nanowire Hybrid Structure for Energy Scavenging. Nature 2008, 451, 809-813.
8. Yang, R.; Qin, L.; Dai, L.; Wang, Z. L. Power Generation with Laterally Packaged Piezoelectric Fine Wires. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2009, 4, 34-39.
9. Kawai, H. The Piezoelectricity of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride). Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 1969, 8, 975-976.
10. Holmes-Siedle, A. G.; Wilson, P. D.; Verrall, A. P. PVDF: An Electronicallv-Active Polymer for Industry. Mater. Des. 1984, 4, 910-918.
11. Lovinger, A. J. Dev. Cryst. Polym. 1982, 1.
12. Lee, C.-K.; O'Sullivan, T. C. Piezoelectric Strain Rate Gages. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1991, 90, 945-953.
13. (13) Spineanu, A.; Bénabès, P.; Kielbasa, R. A Digital Piezoelectric Accelerometer with Sigma-Delta Servo Technique. Sens. Actuators, A 1997, 60, 127-133. (Pubitemid 127389240)
14. (14) Chen, Z.; Shen, Y.; Xi, N.; Tan, X. Integrated Sensing for Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators Using PVDF Thin Films. Smart Mater. Struct. 2007, 16, S262-S271. (Pubitemid 46402828)
15. Lee, Y.-S.; Elliot, S. J.; Gardonio, P. Matched Piezoelectric Double Sensor/Actuator Pairs for Beam Motion Control. Smart Mater. Struct. 2003, 12, 541-548.
16. Calvert, P. Piezoelectric Polyvinylidene Fluoride. Nature 1975, 256, 694.
17. Davis, G. T. Piezoelectric Polymer Transducers. Adv. Dent. Res. 1987, 1, 45-49.
18. Sun, D.; Chang, C.; Li, S.; Lin, L. Near-Field Electrospinning. Nano Lett. 2006, 6 (4), 839-842.
19. Chang, C.; Limkrailassiri, K.; Lin, L. Continuous Near-Field Electrospinning for Large Area Deposition of Orderly Nanofiber Patterns. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 93 (12), 123111 - 1 - 123111-123113
20. (20) Sirohi, J.; Chopra, I. Fundamental Understanding of Piezoelectric Strain Sensors J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. 2000, 11 (4), 246-257. (Pubitemid 32188397)
21. Kymissis, J.; Kendall, C.; Paradiso, J.; Gershenfeld, N. Parasitic Power Harvesting in Shoes. IEEE Int. Conf. Wearable Computing, 2nd 1998, 132-139.
22. Häsler, E.; Stein, L.; Harbauer, G. Implantable Physiological Power Supply with PVDF Film. Ferroelectrics 1984, 60 (1), 277-282.
23. Starner, T. Human Powered Wearable Computing. IBM Syst. J. 1996, 35 (3-4), 618-629.
24. Schmidt, V. H. Piezoelectric Energy Conversion in Windmills. Proc.-Ultrason. Symp. 1992, 2, 897-904.
25. (25) Dunn, S. Determination of Cross Sectional Variation of Ferroelectric Properties for Thin Film (ca. 500 nm) PZT (30/70) via PFM. Integr. Ferroelectr. 2003, 59 (1), 1505-1512. (Pubitemid 44798293)
26. Gu, S.-Y.; Wu, Q.-L.; Ren, J.; Vancso, G. J. Mechanical Properties of A Single Electrospun Fiber and Its Structures. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2005, 26 (9), 716-720.
27. Zhao, M.-H.; Wang, Z.-L.; Mao, S. X. Piezoelectric Characterization of Individual Zinc Oxide Nanobelt Probed by Piezoresponse Force Microscope. Nano Lett. 2004, 4 (4), 587-590.
28. Majdoub, M. S.; Sharma, P.; Cagin, T. Enhanced Size-Dependent Piezoelectricity and Elasticity in Nanostructures Due to the Flexoelectric Effect. Phys. Rev. Lett. B 2008, 77 (12), 125424-1125424-1125429
29. Bassiri-Gharb, N.; Fujii, I.; Hong, E.; Trolier-McKinstry, S.; Taylor, D. V.; Damjanovic, D. Domain Wall Contributions to the Properties of Piezoelectric Thin Films J. Electroceram. 2007, 19(1), 47-67.
30. Wang, Y.; Ren, K.; Zhang, Q. M. Direct Piezoelectric Response of Piezopolymer Polyvinylidene Fluoride under High Mechanical Strain and Stress. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91 (22), 222905-1222905-1222913