Poling-Free Hydroxyapatite/Polylactide Nanogenerator with Improved Piezoelectricity for Energy Harvesting
Wei Liu, Yunlai Shi, Zhi‐Jun Sun, Li Zhang
Abstract
Polylactide-based piezoelectric nanogenerators were designed and fabricated with improved piezoelectric performances by blending polylactide with hydroxyapatite. The addition of hydroxyapatite significantly improves the crystallinity of polylactide and helps to form hydrogen bonds, which further improved the piezoelectric output performance of these piezoelectric nanogenerators with over three times the open circuit voltage compared with that of pure-polylactide-based devices. Such excellent piezoelectricity of hydroxyapatite/polylactide-based nanogenerators give them great potential for energy harvesting fields.
Topics & Concepts
PiezoelectricityPolingMaterials scienceNanogeneratorEnergy harvestingCrystallinityVoltageComposite materialNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsEnergy (signal processing)Electrical engineeringEngineeringMathematicsFerroelectricityDielectricStatisticsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsDielectric materials and actuators