Piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications: roadmap for future smart materials

SD Mahapatra, PC Mohapatra, AI Aria… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are widely referred to as “smart” materials because they can
transduce mechanical pressure acting on them to electrical signals and vice versa. They are …

Stretchable piezoelectric energy harvesters and self-powered sensors for wearable and implantable devices

H Zhou, Y Zhang, Y Qiu, H Wu, W Qin, Y Liao… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wearable and implantable bio-integrated electronics have started to gain momentum
because of their essential role in improving the quality of life for various patients and healthy …

A review of piezoelectric PVDF film by electrospinning and its applications

G Kalimuldina, N Turdakyn, I Abay, A Medeubayev… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the increase of interest in the application of piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
in nanogenerators (NGs), sensors, and microdevices, the most efficient and suitable …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

DG Papageorgiou, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Progress in materials science, 2017 - Elsevier
In this present review, the current status of the intrinsic mechanical properties of the
graphene-family of materials along with the preparation and properties of bulk graphene …

Advances in piezoelectric polymer composites for energy harvesting applications: a systematic review

S Mishra, L Unnikrishnan, SK Nayak… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric piezoelectric composites for energy harvesting applications are considered a
significant research field which provides the convenience of mechanical flexibility, suitable …

A critical analysis of the α, β and γ phases in poly (vinylidene fluoride) using FTIR

X Cai, T Lei, D Sun, L Lin - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) has been widely utilized in scientific research and the
manufacturing industry for its unique piezoelectric properties. In the past few decades, the …

Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for gas sensing application

N Sharma, V Sharma, Y Jain, M Kumari… - Macromolecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the present investigation, GO was prepared by exfoliation of graphite using modified
Hummer's method and then reduced using hydrazine hydrate (reducing agent) to produce …

Multiscale-structuring of polyvinylidene fluoride for energy harvesting: the impact of molecular-, micro-and macro-structure

C Wan, CR Bowen - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy harvesting exploits ambient sources of energy such as mechanical loads, vibrations,
human motion, waste heat, light or chemical sources and converts them into useful electrical …

A review on the applications of graphene in mechanical transduction

AF Carvalho, B Kulyk, AJS Fernandes… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A pressing need to develop low‐cost, environmentally friendly, and sensitive sensors has
arisen with the advent of the always‐connected paradigm of the internet‐of‐things (IoT). In …

Recent advances in the preparation of PVDF-based piezoelectric materials

L Wu, Z Jin, Y Liu, H Ning, X Liu, Alamusi… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In recent years, PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) and its copolymers have attracted great
attention in the development of energy-harvesting devices because of their unique …