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Spatially Confined MXene/PVDF Nanofiber Piezoelectric Electronics

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Piezoelectric nanofibers have received extensive attention in the field of electronic devices, but they are still restricted for further development, due to their limited dipole arrangement. Herein, we propose spatially confined MXene/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibers for piezoelectric application, with dual functions of pressure sensing and energy harvesting. The spatial confinement of MXene/PVDF nanofibers can actively induce the optimally aligned –CH2–/–CF2– dipoles of PVDF and dramatically boost spontaneous polarization for piezoelectric enhancement. The voltage and current generated by fabricated MXene/PVDF (0.8 wt%) nanofiber piezoelectric electronic devices  are respectively 3.97 times and 10.1 times higher than those generated by pure PVDF nanofibers. Based on these results, the developed bifunctional electronic devices are applied to monitor various human movements and to harvest energy. Notably, the results of this work allow for the development of nanofibers with excellent piezoelectric performance using a spatial confinement mechanism.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program (No. BX20220257), the Multiple Clean Energy Harvesting System (No. YYF20223026), the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2023NSFSC0313), and a Catalyst Seeding General Grant administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand (Contract 20-UOA-035-CSG). The authors are grateful for the help from the Analysis and Testing Center of Southwest Jiaotong University.

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    Jieling Zhang, Tao Yang, Guo Tian, Boling Lan, Weili Deng, Yong Ao, Yue Sun, Wanghong Zeng, Xiarong Ren, Long Jin & Weiqing Yang

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  3. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd, Chengdu, 610031, People’s Republic of China

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  4. Research Institute of Frontier Science, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, People’s Republic of China

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Zhang, J., Yang, T., Tian, G. et al. Spatially Confined MXene/PVDF Nanofiber Piezoelectric Electronics. Adv. Fiber Mater. 6, 133–144 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42765-023-00337-w

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