TY - GEN
T1 - Energy harvesting from PZT nanofibers
AU - Shiyou, Xu
AU - Yong, Shi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In this paper, we demonstrated that Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) nanofibers can be used to harvest energy from dynamic loading and mechanical vibration. PZT nanofibers were fabricated by electrospinning process. SEM image of PZT nanofibers has shown that the average diameter of these fibers is about 150nm, which can be tuned from 50nm to 200 nm by varying the composition and viscosity of the precursor for electrospining. Titanium substrate with ZrO 2 layer was used to collect the PZT nanofibers for the demonstration of energy harvesting from dynamic loading. The largest output voltage is 170mV under 0.5% strain; the frequency of the output voltage is the same as that of the input loading. Silicon substrate with trenches was used to collect the nanofibers for energy harvesting from vibration. The output voltage generated from 150Hz sinusoid vibration source has peak voltages of 64.9mV and -95.9mV. These experimental results suggest that PZT nanofibers have great potentials for energy harvesting from environments and being used as nanogenerators. Further study is under the way to optimize the design and improve the efficiency.
AB - In this paper, we demonstrated that Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) nanofibers can be used to harvest energy from dynamic loading and mechanical vibration. PZT nanofibers were fabricated by electrospinning process. SEM image of PZT nanofibers has shown that the average diameter of these fibers is about 150nm, which can be tuned from 50nm to 200 nm by varying the composition and viscosity of the precursor for electrospining. Titanium substrate with ZrO 2 layer was used to collect the PZT nanofibers for the demonstration of energy harvesting from dynamic loading. The largest output voltage is 170mV under 0.5% strain; the frequency of the output voltage is the same as that of the input loading. Silicon substrate with trenches was used to collect the nanofibers for energy harvesting from vibration. The output voltage generated from 150Hz sinusoid vibration source has peak voltages of 64.9mV and -95.9mV. These experimental results suggest that PZT nanofibers have great potentials for energy harvesting from environments and being used as nanogenerators. Further study is under the way to optimize the design and improve the efficiency.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350327800
SN - 9781605608297
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 49
EP - 54
BT - Ferroelectrics, Multiferroics, and Magnetoelectrics
T2 - 2007 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 26 November 2007 through 30 November 2007
ER -