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ENERGY REPORTS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages 490-496Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2020.02.020
Keywords
Bio-waste; Energy harvesting; Hybrid; Power density
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Bio-waste orange peel with poly(vinylidene fluoride) hybrids have been developed as an efficient energy harvester. Bio-wastes in huge amount cause landfills and environmental pollution. An effort in the direction of using bio-waste will be beneficial in many ways. Orange peel, a bio-waste, is mainly composed of cellulose and different proteins that are responsible for its piezoelectric effect. The hybrid exhibits significant piezoelectric properties arising through induced piezoelectricity in the polymer matrix by the smaller dimension orange peel powder as filler causing an electroactive phase of similar to 70% in the hybrid. Integrated device has been fabricated for energy harvesting using the hybrid material, without conventional high voltage poling, which displays very high open circuit voltage of similar to 90 V and power of 135 mu W/cm(2) using finger tapping. The hybrid nanogenerator is proficient in light up the LEDs from the movement of sliding door and from any human body movements like bending, twisting and walking etc. The underlying mechanism of enhanced piezoelectricity in the hybrid is revealed through structure, morphology and thermal studies of the hybrid. Thus, the piezoelectric energy harvester prepared from the bio-waste might be one of the solutions to utilize the bio-waste. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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