Improved Pyroelectric Nanogenerator Performance of P(VDF-TrFE)/rGO Thin Film by Optimized rGO Reduction.

The pyroelectric nanogenerator (PyNG) has gained increasing attention due to its capability of converting ambient or waste thermal energy into electrical energy. In recent years, nanocomposite films of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoro ethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) and nanofillers such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have been employed due to their high flexibility, good dielectric properties, and high charge mobility for the application of wearable devices. This work investigated the effect of rGO reduction on pyroelectric nanogenerator performance.

Enhanced Power Generation by Piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE)/rGO Nanocomposite Thin Film.

In this study we fabricated a piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) of nanocomposite thin film comprising a conductive nanofiller of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) dispersed in a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) matrix that was anticipated to show enhanced energy harvest performance. For the film preparation we employed the Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) technique to provide direct nucleation of the polar β-phase without any traditional polling or annealing process. We prepared five PENGs consisting of the nanocomposite LS films with different rGO contents in the P(VDF-TrFE) matrix and optimized their energy harvest performance.