The Progress of PVDF as a Functional Material for Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Sensors

Ever since a new energy harvesting technology, known as a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), was reported in 2012, the rapid development of device fabrication techniques and mechanical system designs have considerably made the instantaneous output power increase up to several tens of mW/cm². With t...

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Published inMicromachines (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 10; p. 532
Main Authors Lee, Jin Pyo, Lee, Jae Won, Baik, Jeong Min
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 20.10.2018
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Subjects
Commercialization
Efficiency
Electric power generation
Electrodes
Energy
Energy harvesting
Nanogenerators
Piezoelectricity
Polymers
Polyvinylidene fluorides
Portable equipment
PVDF
Review
sensor
Sensors
Thin films
triboelectric nanogenerator
Wearable technology
PVDF
sensor
triboelectric nanogenerator
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Summary:Ever since a new energy harvesting technology, known as a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), was reported in 2012, the rapid development of device fabrication techniques and mechanical system designs have considerably made the instantaneous output power increase up to several tens of mW/cm². With this innovative technology, a lot of researchers experimentally demonstrated that various portable/wearable devices could be operated without any external power. This article provides a comprehensive review of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymers as effective dielectrics in TENGs for further increase of the output power to speed up commercialization of the TENGs, as well as the fundamental issues regarding the materials. In the end, we will also review PVDF-based sensors based on the triboelectric and piezoelectric effects of the PVDF polymers.
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ISSN:2072-666X
2072-666X
DOI:10.3390/mi9100532