Gold nanoparticles doped flexible PVDF-TrFE energy harvester

Author

Dajing Chen ; Sharma, Toshi ; Yuquan Chen ; Xin Fu ; Zhang, John X. J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-10 April 2013

Firstpage

669

Lastpage

672

Abstract

We have successfully developed flexible thin-film energy harvesters based on gold nanoparticles doped PVDFTrFE (polyvinyledenedifluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer. The thin film characteristics can be well controlled by the manufacturing process involving the spin-coating and electrochemical deposition. We demonstrate that nanostructures in thin film piezoelectric materials increase the effective area for charge collection, leading towards enhanced power density and reversibility. Such flexible substrate with doped nanoparticles presents a new class of platform for high efficiency, low-cost energy and sensing applications.

Keywords

energy harvesting; gold; nanoparticles; nanostructured materials; polymer blends; spin coating; Au; doped nanoparticles; electrochemical deposition; flexible thin-film energy harvesters; gold nanoparticles doped flexible PVDF-TrFE energy harvester; manufacturing process; nanostructures; polyvinyledenedifluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer; power density; spin-coating; thin film characteristics; thin film piezoelectric materials; Capacitors; Electrodes; Films; Gold; Nanoparticles; Surface morphology; Zinc oxide; PVDF-TrFE; energy harvestor; nanoparticle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2013 8th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Suzhou

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6351-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEMS.2013.6559818

Filename

6559818