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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2018

Tunable Buckled Beams with Mesoporous PVDF-TrFE/SWCNT Composite Film for Energy Harvesting.

Zhe Xu, Yin Liu, Lin Dong, Andrew B Closson, Nanjing Hao, Meagan Oglesby, Gladys Patricia Escobar, Sidan Fu, Xiaomin Han, Chunsheng Wen and 4 more

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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14 authors.

Zhe XuThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-685X
Yin LiuThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.
Lin DongThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-2792
Andrew B ClossonThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.
Nanjing HaoThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-7941
Meagan OglesbySchools of Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center , San Antonio , Texas 78229 , United States.
Gladys Patricia EscobarSchools of Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center , San Antonio , Texas 78229 , United States.
Sidan FuThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.
Xiaomin HanThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.
Chunsheng WenThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.
Jifeng LiuThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-2928
Marc David FeldmanSchools of Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center , San Antonio , Texas 78229 , United States.
Zi ChenThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5927-0249
John X J ZhangThayer School of Engineering , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , United States.

Funding

Implantable Cardiac Power Generation Using Flexible 3D Porous Thin FilmsR01HL137157 · NHLBI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI ZHANG, XIAOJING · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By incorporating mesoporous piezoelectric materials and tuning mechanical boundary conditions a simple beam structure can significantly take advantage of limited mechanical displacements for energy harvesting. Specifically, we employed a mesoporous PVDF-TrFE composite thin film mixed with single-wall carbon nanotubes to improve the formation of the crystalline phase in this piezoelectric polymer. The film was then patterned on a thin buckled beam to form a compact energy harvester, which was used to study the effects of two boundary conditions, including the end rotation angle and the location of a mechanical stop along the beam. We carefully designed controlled experiments using mesoporous PVDF-TrFE film and PVDF-TrFE/SWCNT composite films, both of which were tested under two cases of boundary conditions, namely, the rotation of the end angle and the addition of a mechanical stop. The voltage and current of the energy harvester under these two boundary conditions were, respectively, increased by approximately 160.1% and 200.5% compared to the results of its counterpart without imposing any boundary conditions. Thereby, our study offers a promising platform for efficiently powering implantable and wearable devices for harnessing energy from the human body which would otherwise have been wasted.

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beam structurecomposite materialenergy harvestinglow mechanical inputspiezoelectricity

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PMID30199624
PMCPMC6170678

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