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Flexible pyroelectric energy harvesters from nanocomposites of liquid crystal elastomers/lead zirconate titanate nanoparticles.

Shangsong Li, Yuchen Wang, Zixiao Liu, Baohong Chen, Mingzhu Liu, Ximin He, Shu Yang

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Shangsong LiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4660-3117
Yuchen WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6710-6710
Zixiao LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1161-1803
Baohong ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6319-7205
Mingzhu LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2973-5361
Ximin HeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8845-4637
Shu YangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8834-3320

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Abstract

Pyroelectric materials that can generate electric charges when subjected to temperature changes are of interest for renewable energy. However, current flexible pyroelectric energy harvesters suffer from low output. Here, we present a nanocomposite of liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) and pyroelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticles and demonstrate a flexible heat harvesting device with high output. The overall pyroelectricity is enhanced by the secondary pyroelectricity generated from the thermal stress imposed on the LCE. Calculations and simulations corroborate with experiments, suggesting that the monodomain LCE/PZT with fixed boundaries offers the most enhancement. At a maximum heating rate of 0.20 kelvin per second, the fixed monodomain film (42.7 weight % PZT) shows an output current of 2.81 nanoamperes and a voltage of 6.23 volts, corresponding to a pyroelectric coefficient

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