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High-performance piezoelectric nanogenerator based on electrospun ZnO nanorods/P(VDF-TrFE) composite membranes for energy harvesting application

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A novel flexible zinc oxide nanorods (NRs)/poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) nanocomposite was prepared by electrospinning for fabricating piezoelectric nanogenerator (PNG). The NRs were used as nanofillers of piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE), which can enhance the electroactive β-crystal ratio as well as the crystallinity of P(VDF-TrFE). It has been found that the addition of different levels of piezoelectric ZnO NRs can improve the overall performance of PNG made with electrospun membranes. The PNG comprised by 10 wt% ZnO NRs/P(VDF-TrFE) nanocomposite demonstrates an outstanding output open-circuit voltage (61 V) and short-circuit current (2.2 μA). It has been concluded that the ion–dipole interaction between NRs and electroactive β-crystals of P(VDF-TrFE) are useful for the construction of the high-performance flexible PNG. Besides, the output power generated from the PNG can directly light 25 commercial light-emitting diodes, and also capable to charge up a capacitor (4.7 μF) and reached 2.1 V in 2 min, which indicates the potential of the PNG for flexible wearable electronic devices.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Sichuan University and Zigong City (2019CDZG-3), the Science and Technology Foundation of Sichuan province (2020YFG0104), and Miaozi Project in Science and Technology Innovation Program of Sichuan Province (No.20-YCG045). We would like to thank the Analytical & Testing Center of Sichuan University for structured illumination microscopy work, and we are grateful to Shuping Zheng for her help with SEM images. We thank Mi Zhou for the experimental assistance.

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Ye, L., Chen, L., Yu, J. et al. High-performance piezoelectric nanogenerator based on electrospun ZnO nanorods/P(VDF-TrFE) composite membranes for energy harvesting application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 3966–3978 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-05138-0

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