Smart and multifunctional materials based on electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride): recent advances and opportunities in sensors, actuators, energy, environmental …

CM Costa, VF Cardoso, P Martins, DM Correia… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Recent advances in organic and organic–inorganic hybrid materials for piezoelectric mechanical energy harvesting

T Vijayakanth, DJ Liptrot, E Gazit… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a comprehensive overview of piezo‐and ferro‐electric materials based
on organic molecules and organic–inorganic hybrids for mechanical energy harvesting …

Sensing–transducing coupled piezoelectric textiles for self-powered humidity detection and wearable biomonitoring

Y Su, Y Liu, W Li, X Xiao, C Chen, H Lu, Z Yuan… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The performance of chemical sensors is dominated by the perception of the target molecules
via sensitive materials and the conduction of sensing signals through transducers. However …

Energy applications of magnetocaloric materials

A Kitanovski - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The need for energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pumping, air
conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever …

[HTML][HTML] Low-grade waste heat recovery scenarios: Pyroelectric, thermomagnetic, and thermogalvanic thermal energy harvesting

S Hur, S Kim, HS Kim, A Kumar, C Kwon, J Shin… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying reliable and sustainable sources of electricity is a significant challenge of the
present time. However, most energy-generation mechanisms produce unavoidable low …

Pyroelectric catalysis

C Wang, N Tian, T Ma, Y Zhang, H Huang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal energy derived from temperature fluctuation is one of the most clean natural energy
sources in our living environment. Pyroelectric materials that feature for temperature …

Waterproof, breathable, and antibacterial self‐powered e‐textiles based on omniphobic triboelectric nanogenerators

M Sala de Medeiros, D Chanci… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multifunctional electronic textiles (e‐textiles) incorporating miniaturized electronic devices
will pave the way toward a new generation of wearable devices and human–machine …

[HTML][HTML] Smart and robust electrospun fabrics of piezoelectric polymer nanocomposite for self-powering electronic textiles

D Ponnamma, H Parangusan, A Tanvir… - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work designs a piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) based on the electrospun
nanofibers of the piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene fluoride hexafluoropropylene (PVDF …

Effects of patterned electrode on near infrared light-triggered cesium tungsten bronze/poly (vinylidene) fluoride nanocomposite-based pyroelectric nanogenerator for …

MR Gokana, CM Wu, KG Motora, JY Qi… - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyroelectric nanogenerators (PyNG) are crucial to convert waste heat into electrical energy.
In this study, we develop PyNG device with screen-printed serpentine electrode (SRE) and …

The optimal design of a piezoelectric energy harvester for smart pavements

K Huang, H Zhang, J Jiang, Y Zhang, Y Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The traffic environment contains tremendous mechanical energy due to the dynamic loads of
moving vehicles which can be converted into electricity by using piezoelectric materials …