Issue 2, 2021

A piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) tube featuring highly-sensitive and isotropic piezoelectric output for compression

Abstract

Piezoelectric polymers have aroused tremendous attention in self-powered flexible wearable electronics. However, conventional plate-like piezoelectric devices demonstrated insufficient output power and monotonous piezoelectric energy harvesting performance only in one direction, failing to accommodate the complex multi-dimensional stress field. In this study, a poly(vinylidene fluoride) tube featuring all-directional piezoelectric energy harvesting performance with excellent rebound resilience was prepared via a fast industrial extrusion. Benefitting from the isotropic hollow tubular structure, the piezoelectric tube experienced large deformation at a small external load and thus exhibited a strong load-amplifying function to generate the optimized output power at multi-stresses from any direction, with sensitive piezoelectric performance, quick response and mechanical robustness. Finally, the practical potential as a robust energy harvester was evaluated by harvesting small energy from irregular human motions. This study provides a facile structure designing strategy for the preparation of functional piezoelectric devices for multi-directional mechanical energy harvesting applications.

Graphical abstract: A piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) tube featuring highly-sensitive and isotropic piezoelectric output for compression

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Oct 2020
Accepted
30 Nov 2020
First published
04 Jan 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 1182-1186

A piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) tube featuring highly-sensitive and isotropic piezoelectric output for compression

J. Guo, M. Nie and Q. Wang, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 1182 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA09131F

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