Interfacial piezoelectric polarization locking in printable Ti3C2Tx MXene-fluoropolymer composites

NA Shepelin, PC Sherrell, EN Skountzos… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nature communications, 2021nature.com
Piezoelectric fluoropolymers convert mechanical energy to electricity and are ideal for
sustainably providing power to electronic devices. To convert mechanical energy, a net
polarization must be induced in the fluoropolymer, which is currently achieved via an energy-
intensive electrical poling process. Eliminating this process will enable the low-energy
production of efficient energy harvesters. Here, by combining molecular dynamics
simulations, piezoresponse force microscopy, and electrodynamic measurements, we reveal …
Abstract
Piezoelectric fluoropolymers convert mechanical energy to electricity and are ideal for sustainably providing power to electronic devices. To convert mechanical energy, a net polarization must be induced in the fluoropolymer, which is currently achieved via an energy-intensive electrical poling process. Eliminating this process will enable the low-energy production of efficient energy harvesters. Here, by combining molecular dynamics simulations, piezoresponse force microscopy, and electrodynamic measurements, we reveal a hitherto unseen polarization locking phenomena of poly(vinylidene fluoride–co–trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE) perpendicular to the basal plane of two-dimensional (2D) Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets. This polarization locking, driven by strong electrostatic interactions enabled exceptional energy harvesting performance, with a measured piezoelectric charge coefficient, d33, of −52.0 picocoulombs per newton, significantly higher than electrically poled PVDF-TrFE (approximately −38 picocoulombs per newton). This study provides a new fundamental and low-energy input mechanism of poling fluoropolymers, which enables new levels of performance in electromechanical technologies.
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