Piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications: roadmap for future smart materials

SD Mahapatra, PC Mohapatra, AI Aria… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are widely referred to as “smart” materials because they can
transduce mechanical pressure acting on them to electrical signals and vice versa. They are …

Piezoelectric materials and systems for tissue engineering and implantable energy harvesting devices for biomedical applications

V Jarkov, SJ Allan, C Bowen… - International Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, the development of smart materials and the study of their properties has provided
an innovative approach to the field of tissue engineering. Piezoelectrics, which are able to …

[HTML][HTML] Solution-processed flexible broadband ZnO photodetector modified by Ag nanoparticles

NP Klochko, KS Klepikova, IV Khrypunova, VR Kopach… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we present flexible broadband photodetectors (PDs) fabricated by a deposition
of nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) films on polyimide (PI) substrates by using cheap and …

Controlled growth of semiconducting ZnO nanorods for piezoelectric energy harvesting-based nanogenerators

S Abubakar, ST Tan, JYC Liew, ZA Talib… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods have attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to
their piezoelectric properties and potential applications in energy harvesting, sensing, and …

Phase inversion in PVDF films with enhanced piezoresponse through spin-coating and quenching

M Fortunato, D Cavallini, G De Bellis, F Marra… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the present work, poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) films were produced by spin-coating,
and applying different conditions of quenching, in order to investigate the dominant …

Microstructural and piezoelectric properties of ZnO films

A Ayana, F Hou, J Seidel, BV Rajendra… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using the chemical spray pyrolysis method, nanostructured ZnO films have been
synthesized on p-type silicon substrates. The fabricated films are grown at different …

Piezoelectric effect and electroactive phase nucleation in self-standing films of unpoled PVDF nanocomposite films

M Fortunato, CR Chandraiahgari, G De Bellis… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Novel polymer-based piezoelectric nanocomposites with enhanced electromechanical
properties open new opportunities for the development of wearable energy harvesters and …

Hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods as promising materials for low cost electronic skin

A Fraleoni‐Morgera, I Cesini, P Kumar… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ZnO nanorods (NRs) are nanomaterials with a wide range of applications (photocatalysis,
optoelectronics, catalysis, etc). One peculiar property of ZnO NRs is their piezoelectricity …

Growth of highly c-axis oriented ZnO thin films by spray pyrolysis for piezoelectric applications

JR Ramos-Serrano, S Alcántara-Iniesta… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the piezoelectric response in ZnO thin films deposited by ultrasonic spray
pyrolysis (USP) technique with a preferential orientation at the c-axis was explored. The …

Flexible thermoelectric module based on zinc oxide thin film grown via SILAR

NP Klochko, KS Klepikova, IV Khrypunova… - Current Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we used the low temperature solution growth Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption
and Reaction (SILAR) for a deposition of the nanostructured undoped and indium doped …