Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 5, 00406(2024)

Highly Transparent and Flexible All-Nanofiber-Based Piezocomposite Containing BaTiO3-Embedded P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofibers for Harvesting and Monitoring Human Kinetic Movements

Kiyong Kim1...2,†, Daekyu Choi1,2,†, Sangmin Ji1,2, Freddy Baltazar Iniguez1,2, Young Jae Song1,2,3, Sam S. Yoon4,*, Junki Kim1,2,3,**, and Seongpil An1,2,35,*** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Nano Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Nano Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 4School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
  • 5Department of Semiconductor Convergence Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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    We developed kinetic energy-harvestable and kinetic movement-detectable piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) consisting of piezoelectric nanofiber (NF) mats and metal-electroplated microfiber (MF) electrodes using electrospinning and electroplating methods. Percolative non-woven structure and high flexibility of the NF mats and MF electrodes allowed us to achieve highly transparent and flexible piezocomposites. A viscoelastic solution, mixed with P(VDF-TrFE) and BaTiO3, was electrospun into piezoelectric NFs with a piezoelectric coefficient d33 of 21.2 pC/N. In addition, the combination of electrospinning and electroplating techniques enabled the fabrication of Ni-plated MF-based transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs), contributing to the high transparency of the resulting piezocomposite. The energy-harvesting efficiencies of the BaTiO3-embedded NF-based PENGs with transmittances of 86% and 80% were 200 and 240 V/MPa, respectively, marking the highest values in their class. Moreover, the output voltage driven by the coupling effect of piezoelectricity and triboelectricity during finger tapping was 25.7 V. These highly efficient energy-harvesting performances, along with the transparent and flexible features of the PENGs, hold great promise for body-attachable energy-harvesting and sensing devices, as demonstrated in this study.

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    Kiyong Kim, Daekyu Choi, Sangmin Ji, Freddy Baltazar Iniguez, Young Jae Song, Sam S. Yoon, Junki Kim, Seongpil An. Highly Transparent and Flexible All-Nanofiber-Based Piezocomposite Containing BaTiO3-Embedded P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofibers for Harvesting and Monitoring Human Kinetic Movements[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(5): 00406

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Nov. 24, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Nov. 14, 2024

    The Author Email: Yoon Sam S. (skyoon@korea.ac.kr), Kim Junki (junki.kim.q@skku.edu), An Seongpil (esan@skku.edu)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-024-00406-8

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