Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 7, Issue 44, Pages 25481-25489Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta09864j
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Funding
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2019R1I1A2A01057073]
- Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2019R1C1C1002571, NRF-2018R1A4A1022260]
- Korean Nuclear R&D program - Korea government (MSIT) [NRF-2017M2A8A4017220]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017M2A8A4017220] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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With the expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor network systems, transparent and flexible energy supply devices are becoming more vital for ultra-connected and highly convenient human interfaces. In particular, the mechanical energy harvesting technology using piezoelectric materials is very attractive due to the ability of direct energy conversion from wasted mechanical energy to useful electrical energy. In this work, we demonstrate a highly transparent and flexible piezoelectric energy harvester (f-PEH) using a metallic nanowire-percolated piezoelectric copolymer on a flexible plastic substrate. The silver nanowire (Ag NWs)-based conductor has been considered as a powerful future electrode material with high transparency and flexibility, while poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) is a representative high-performance piezoelectric polymer material. Based on these two attractive materials, the proposed transparent f-PEH generated an output voltage, current, and power of similar to 17 V, similar to 2.5 mu A, and similar to 12 mu W, respectively, which are a record-high performance compared to previously reported transparent f-PEHs. Besides material and device characterizations, a multiphysics simulation was firmly investigated to clarify the properties of the transparent f-PEH devices. Finally, the transparent f-PEH devices were directly modified and used as a self-powered pressure sensor array (5 x 5), which well detected the pattern images of the external pressure input without serious cross-talk. This work can guide the field of transparent and flexible piezoelectric devices to the way to accomplish transparent self-powered electronics for high-performance applications.
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