Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters

Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters

This work reports the process optimization of various electrospinning parameters to fabricate polyvinylidene fluoride based piezoelectric flexible nanofiber webs for passive sensing and energy harvesting applications. Process parameters like electrospinning voltage and drum speed have been taken int...

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Main Authors: Debarun Sengupta, Aron Michael, Chee Yee Kwok, Jianmin Miao, Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Proceedings
Subjects:
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
electrospinning
nanofiber
piezoelectricity
sensor
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/13/857
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spelling doaj-dfc5ca2afb704c9496766cde9cdd7f5c2020-11-24T23:11:56ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002018-11-0121385710.3390/proceedings2130857proceedings2130857Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy HarvestersDebarun Sengupta0Aron Michael1Chee Yee Kwok2Jianmin Miao3Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli4Advanced Production Engineering (APE) Department, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen (ENTEG), University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The NetherlandsSchool of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaSchool of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, SingaporeAdvanced Production Engineering (APE) Department, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen (ENTEG), University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The NetherlandsThis work reports the process optimization of various electrospinning parameters to fabricate polyvinylidene fluoride based piezoelectric flexible nanofiber webs for passive sensing and energy harvesting applications. Process parameters like electrospinning voltage and drum speed have been taken into consideration while optimizing the electrospun nanofiber webs for maximizing their piezoelectric property. Finally, the optimized recipe is used to fabricate a flexible PVDF nanofiber energy harvester to demonstrate the energy harvesting capability of such nanofiber webs.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/13/857polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)electrospinningnanofiberpiezoelectricitysensor
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author Debarun Sengupta
Aron Michael
Chee Yee Kwok
Jianmin Miao
Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli
spellingShingle Debarun Sengupta
Aron Michael
Chee Yee Kwok
Jianmin Miao
Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli
Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
Proceedings
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
electrospinning
nanofiber
piezoelectricity
sensor
author_facet Debarun Sengupta
Aron Michael
Chee Yee Kwok
Jianmin Miao
Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli
author_sort Debarun Sengupta
title Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
title_short Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
title_full Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
title_fullStr Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
title_full_unstemmed Optimized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofiber Webs for Flexible Energy Harvesters
title_sort optimized polyvinylidene fluoride nanofiber webs for flexible energy harvesters
publisher MDPI AG
series Proceedings
issn 2504-3900
publishDate 2018-11-01
description This work reports the process optimization of various electrospinning parameters to fabricate polyvinylidene fluoride based piezoelectric flexible nanofiber webs for passive sensing and energy harvesting applications. Process parameters like electrospinning voltage and drum speed have been taken into consideration while optimizing the electrospun nanofiber webs for maximizing their piezoelectric property. Finally, the optimized recipe is used to fabricate a flexible PVDF nanofiber energy harvester to demonstrate the energy harvesting capability of such nanofiber webs.
topic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
electrospinning
nanofiber
piezoelectricity
sensor
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/13/857
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