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Flexible PVDF nanogenerator-driven motion sensors for human body motion energy tracking and monitoring

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With the rapid development of nanogenerator technology, intelligent motion sensors, wearable electronic devices, and human–computer interaction have received more and more attention. However, traditional motion sensors are limited by factors such as external power supply and their own volume and do not have the characteristics of flexibility, high intelligence, and high integration of modern sensors. This paper studied and realized a matrix motion sensor based on flexible PVDF hybrid material, which worked under piezoelectric mechanisms. The performance test of the prepared motion sensor proves that the device has good environmental adaptability. Its output performance is characterized. Under the test conditions of 3 Hz and 300 N, the output voltage of the nanogenerator is 15 mV. On this basis, the nanogenerator is used for the collection of human movement energy and the monitoring of human motion status, and through the design of electronic skin and human–computer interaction testing, it shows the huge application of flexible nanogenerator movement state monitoring and human health monitoring potential. We believe that the proposed flexible, low cost, hybrid nanogenerator will supply an effective method for energy harvesting devices.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Youth Fund of Shandong Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. ZR2020QE212), Key Projects of Shandong Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. ZR2020KF020), the Development Plan of Shandong Province (Grant No. 2019GGX104019), and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2019A1515110706).

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  1. Jincheng Zhao, Fujiang Li and Zhenling Wang have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

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  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Fujiang Li

  3. The Institute of Complexity Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Zhenling Wang

  4. State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, 1000 Meili Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China

    Peng Dong

  5. State Grid Liaocheng Power Supply Company, 179 Dongchang Road, Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, China

    Guoting Xia

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JZ, FL, and ZW explored the whole research ideas and wrote the paper. PD and GX carried out the synthesis and experiments. KW provided the guidance for the research process. KW proposed the idea, supervised the entire project, and revised the manuscript. All the authors participated in this research project.

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Zhao, J., Li, F., Wang, Z. et al. Flexible PVDF nanogenerator-driven motion sensors for human body motion energy tracking and monitoring. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 14715–14727 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06027-w

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