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Synergism of graphitic-carbon nitride and electrospinning on the physico-chemical characteristics and piezoelectric properties of flexible poly(vinylidene fluoride) based nanogenerator

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Herein, we investigated the piezoelectric performance of electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride)/graphitic carbon nitride (PVDF/g-C3N4) nanocomposite fibers (PGN-X). Addition of g-C3N4 nanosheets improved the spinnability of nanofibers and augmented the β-phase content of PVDF. The synthesized PGN non-woven mats were flexible and easily deformable without disrupting the continuity of fibers. Upon the addition of g-C3N4, tensile strength and thermal stability of nanocomposite fibers improved significantly. A maximum voltage output of ~7.5 V was generated for PGN nanogenerator which is ~8 times more than that of PVDF nanogenerator. Also, the PGN-X nanogenerator generated current output of 0.23 μA and a power density of 0.22 μW/cm−2. Improved physico-chemical characteristics and piezoelectric performance of PGN nanogeneratoris promising and makes it suitable for portable electronic and wearable devices.

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Mohammed Khalifa would like to thank the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK for research fellowship grant. The authors would like to thank Dr. Udaya Bhat for providing TEM facility. The authors gratefully acknowledge Ms. Rashmi, Mr. Prajwal and Mr. Palaksha for their assistance in SEM, TEM and UTM analysis.

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Khalifa, M., Mahendran, A. & Anandhan, S. Synergism of graphitic-carbon nitride and electrospinning on the physico-chemical characteristics and piezoelectric properties of flexible poly(vinylidene fluoride) based nanogenerator. J Polym Res 26, 73 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1738-0

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