Highly stretchable piezoelectric-pyroelectric hybrid nanogenerator

Adv Mater. 2014 Feb;26(5):765-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201303570. Epub 2013 Oct 25.

Abstract

A highly stretchable hybrid nanogenerator has been developed using a micro-patterned piezoelectric polymer P(VDF-TrFE), PDMS-CNT composite, and graphene nanosheets. Mechanical and thermal energies are simultaneously harvested from a single cell of the device. The hybrid nanogenerator exhibits high robustness behavior even after 30% stretching and generates very stable piezoelectric and pyroelectric power outputs due to micro-pattern designing.

Keywords: graphene; hybrid; nanogenerator; piezoelectric; pyroelectric; stretchable.