Advanced pyroelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications

R Mondal, MAM Hasan, JM Baik, Y Yang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat energy is among the most wasted energy in the environment which is available in an
ample quantity. So, developing new technology for harvesting and detecting wasted thermal …

Advances in lead-free pyroelectric materials: a comprehensive review

H He, X Lu, E Hanc, C Chen, H Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Pyroelectric materials are important functional materials that can generate an electrical
response upon a temperature change. Among the many different types of pyroelectric …

Stretchable electrospun PVDF-HFP/Co-ZnO nanofibers as piezoelectric nanogenerators

H Parangusan, D Ponnamma, MAA Al-Maadeed - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Herein, we investigate the morphology, structure and piezoelectric performances of neat
polyvinylidene fluoride hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) and PVDF-HFP/Co-ZnO …

Flexible tri-layer piezoelectric nanogenerator based on PVDF-HFP/Ni-doped ZnO nanocomposites

H Parangusan, D Ponnamma, MAA AlMaadeed - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we report Ni doped ZnO/poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene)[PVDF-
HFP] nanocomposites prepared by sandwiching and their structural, morphological, thermal …

Piezoelectric Property Enhancement of PZT/Poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) Hybrid Films for Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

JX Chen, JW Li, CC Cheng, CW Chiu - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic particles were added for further
improvement. PZT belongs to the perovskite family and exhibits good piezoelectricity. Thus …

A novel low-voltage fast-response electrically controlled dimming film based on fluorinated PDLC for smart window applications

Z Zhang, X He, L Zhang, J Xu, B Yuan, C Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
A fluorinated polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film with low operating voltage and
high contrast ratio was successfully fabricated via the ultraviolet-initiated polymerization …

Role of BaTiO3 nanoparticles on electro-optic performance of epoxy-resin-based PDLC devices

A Kumari, A Sinha - Liquid Crystals, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The physical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) can be tuned as per the
application requirement by controlling their composition ratio and microstructure. The …

Rapid bacterial disinfection using low frequency piezocatalysis effect

S Kumar, M Sharma, A Kumar, S Powar… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work is the systematic study of ferrocatalysis, ferro-photocatalysis,
piezocatalysis and piezo-photocatalysis effects for bacterial degradation. The investigation …

Investigation on the effect of γ-irradiation on the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of stretchable PVDF/Fe–ZnO nanocomposites for self-powering devices

H Parangusan, D Ponnamma, MAA AlMaadeed - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Stretchable films of PVDF nanocomposites containing iron doped ZnO (Fe–ZnO)
nanoflowers are fabricated following simple solution mixing and γ-irradiation treatment. An …

Flexible, ferroelectric nanoparticle doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal devices for lower switching voltage and nanoenergy generation

VN John, SN Varanakkottu, S Varghese - Optical Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Flexible polymer dispersed liquid crystal (F-PDLC) devices were fabricated using
transparent conducting ITO/PET film. Polymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) …