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Highly Transparent and Flexible All-Nanofiber-Based Piezocomposite Containing BaTiO3-Embedded P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofibers for Harvesting and Monitoring Human Kinetic Movements

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We developed kinetic energy-harvestable and kinetic movement-detectable piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) consisting of piezoelectric nanofiber (NF) mats and metal-electroplated microfiber (MF) electrodes using electrospinning and electroplating methods. Percolative non-woven structure and high flexibility of the NF mats and MF electrodes allowed us to achieve highly transparent and flexible piezocomposites. A viscoelastic solution, mixed with P(VDF-TrFE) and BaTiO3, was electrospun into piezoelectric NFs with a piezoelectric coefficient d33 of 21.2 pC/N. In addition, the combination of electrospinning and electroplating techniques enabled the fabrication of Ni-plated MF-based transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs), contributing to the high transparency of the resulting piezocomposite. The energy-harvesting efficiencies of the BaTiO3-embedded NF-based PENGs with transmittances of 86% and 80% were 200 and 240 V/MPa, respectively, marking the highest values in their class. Moreover, the output voltage driven by the coupling effect of piezoelectricity and triboelectricity during finger tapping was 25.7 V. These highly efficient energy-harvesting performances, along with the transparent and flexible features of the PENGs, hold great promise for body-attachable energy-harvesting and sensing devices, as demonstrated in this study.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MIST) (RS-2023-00211303) and Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) Grant funded by the Korea Government (MOTIE) (P0023521, HRD Program for Industrial Innovation).

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  1. Kiyong Kim and Daekyu Choi have contributed equally to the work.

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  1. SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Kiyong Kim, Daekyu Choi, Sangmin Ji, Freddy Baltazar Iniguez, Young Jae Song, Junki Kim & Seongpil An

  2. Department of Nano Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Kiyong Kim, Daekyu Choi, Sangmin Ji, Freddy Baltazar Iniguez, Young Jae Song, Junki Kim & Seongpil An

  3. Department of Nano Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Young Jae Song, Junki Kim & Seongpil An

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea

    Sam S. Yoon

  5. Department of Semiconductor Convergence Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Seongpil An

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Kim, K., Choi, D., Ji, S. et al. Highly Transparent and Flexible All-Nanofiber-Based Piezocomposite Containing BaTiO3-Embedded P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofibers for Harvesting and Monitoring Human Kinetic Movements. Adv. Fiber Mater. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42765-024-00406-8

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