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Submicron graphite platelet-incorporated PVDF composite: an efficient body motion-based energy harvester for flexible electronics

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2023, 33(3), pp.751-760
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-022-00457-0
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : September 27, 2022
  • Accepted : December 25, 2022
  • Published : May 1, 2023

Kar Epsita 1 Bose Navonil 2 Das Sukhen 2

1Functional Materials and Devices Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
2Department of Physics, Jadavpur University

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ABSTRACT

The fast expanding field of wearable technology requires light-weight, low-cost, scalable, flexible and efficient energy harvesters as a source of uninterrupted green power. This work reports fabrication of sub-micron graphite platelet/PVDF composite film-based flexible piezoelectric energy harvester (PGEH) for scavenging the wasted mechanical energy associated with human body motion. The addition of graphite platelet leads to the enhancement of electroactive β phase in PVDF; consequently, the piezoelectric and dielectric properties of the composite are enhanced. 0.5 wt% filler-loaded composite has 96% β phase fraction and dielectric constant 32 at 100 Hz (tanδ = 0.18).The PGEH produces open circuit voltage of 40 V and instantaneous power density of 3.35 mW cm−3 with energy conversion efficiency of 22.5% under periodic finger tapping. It can generate fair electrical output under gentle heel (0.8 V) and toe movements (1.2 V). A PGEH is directly employed for powering 50 commercial LEDs and quick charging of a 2.2-µF capacitor upto 19.2 V. The device is also employed as self-powered dynamic pressure sensor which shows high sensitivity (0.9 VkPa−1) with fast response time (1 ms). Therefore, this durable, flexible, efficient PGEH can have promising applications in wearable electronics as a green power source cum self-powered mechanosensor.

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