Improved energy harvesting capability of poly(vinylidene fluoride) films modified by reduced graphene oxide

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1813-1824

  Wu, Liangke ^a,b   Alamusi, ^a   Xue, Junmin ^c   Itoi, Takomi ^a   Hu, Ning ^d   Li, Yuan ^e   Yan, Cheng ^f   Qiu, Jianhui ^g   Ning, Huiming ^a   Yuan, Weifeng ^h   Gu, Bin ^h  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting capability; Piezoelectric nanocomposite; Reduced graphene oxide; Self powered devices

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; AUTONOMOUS DEVICES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL POWER; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); SELF-POWERED;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84922777429     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X14529609     Document Type: Article

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