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Nanogenerators: A Scalable Nanogenerator Based on Self‐Poled Piezoelectric Polymer Nanowires with High Energy Conversion Efficiency (Adv. Energy Mater. 18/2014)
Author(s) -
Whiter Richard A.,
Narayan Vijay,
KarNarayan Sohini
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201470098
Subject(s) - nanogenerator , poling , materials science , nanowire , piezoelectricity , energy conversion efficiency , energy harvesting , nanotechnology , polymer , optoelectronics , wetting , energy transformation , mechanical energy , ferroelectric polymers , composite material , energy (signal processing) , ferroelectricity , power (physics) , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , dielectric , copolymer , thermodynamics
In article number 1400519, Sohini Kar‐Narayan and co‐workers report the use of a nanogenerator composed of piezoelectric polymer nanowires with high energy conversion efficiency to harvest energy from vibrations. The nanowires, which are composed of poly(vinylidene fluoride‐trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF‐TrFE)), are grown using a simple, scalable, and cost‐effective template‐wetting technique and allow the production of high‐performance nanogenerators without the need for electrical poling.