Enhanced electromechanical conversion via in situ grown CsPbBr3 nanoparticle/poly(vinylidene fluoride) fiber composites for physiological signal monitoring
Abstract
Mechanical energy conversion based on the piezoelectric principle has received significant attention due to its promising applications in sustainable power supply systems and sensor technology. Ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) combines the advantages of both good electromechanical coupling and easy processability, yet its low piezoelectric coefficient limits its output performance and it thus cannot meet the increasing requirements for power generation and sensing. Here, inorganic metal halide perovskite CsPbBr3 (CPB) nanoparticles are incorporated into PVDF fibers via an electrospinning technique, where an in situ crystallization and growth process of the CPB nanoparticles is established. Both the CPB nanoparticles and PVDF fibers are poled by the electric field during the electrospinning process, which promotes the formation of the polar phase of PVDF and distortion of the CPB lattice, resulting in greatly enhanced piezoelectric performance for the CPB/PVDF composites. The output performance under the external force of a flexible generator developed from electrospun CPB/PVDF films is significantly enhanced compared with the neat PVDF film, with an 8.4 times higher maximum open circuit voltage value. Furthermore, the measurements on the microscopic piezoelectric responses unambiguously reveal that the increased polar phase mainly contributes to the enhanced electromechanical coupling. The functions of the CPB/PVDF films as physiological signal monitoring sensors are determined and they demonstrate their potential applications as flexible piezoelectric generators and electronics for wearable health monitoring.
Keywords
INTRODUCTION
With the flourishing of technologies based on the Internet of Things, distributed power supply systems that are portable, wearable, thin, lightweight and have long operating lifetimes or are even maintenance-free are urgently required for various electronics[1,2]. Energy harvesting from the environment is an ideal solution and has been extensively studied in recent years[3-6]. The main energy conversion principles include the piezoelectric[7] and triboelectric effects[8], which convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, the thermoelectric[9] and pyroelectric effects[10], which convert thermal energy into electrical energy, and the photovoltaic effect[11], which converts solar energy into electrical energy.
Among these effects, transducers based on the piezoelectric effect have been developed based on piezoelectric ceramics over many years and have been widely used as actuators, ultrasonic motors, resonators, sonar detectors and so on[12]. The piezoelectric coefficient dij is a (3 × 6) tensor and the common two elements in most piezoelectric materials are d31 and d33. These correspond to two transduction mechanisms and transducer working modes, i.e., the voltage generated in a direction perpendicular to or in the same direction of the applied stress for the 31 and 33 modes, respectively.
Ferroelectric polymers, typically poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and its copolymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoride ethylene), combine the advantages of both good electromechanical coupling and easy processability. As a result, they have received considerable attention in mechanical energy harvesting from various types of vibrations and pressure, with unique advantages in power generators for wearable electronics that harvest energy from human movements[13-15]. Nevertheless, the low piezoelectric coefficients of these polymers, i.e., generally below 30 pm/V, have impeded their applications as high-power generators and high-sensitivity strain/stress sensors. A general strategy is to encapsulate strong piezoelectric ceramic materials, such as Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, BaTiO3, (K,Na)NbO3 and (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-BaTiO3[16-20], to form composites to enhance the electromechanical conversion capability. However, this also causes a rise in the modulus of the composites, accompanied by an increase in rigidity, and therefore requires a high voltage to polarize the samples to show macroscopic piezoelectricity.
Metal halide perovskites, with the chemical formula ABX3, where A is a monovalent cation, such as
Compared to hybrid halide perovskites, where the A site ion is MA+ or FA+, all inorganic perovskites, such as CsPbBr3, are more stable[11]. Recently, Kim et al.[28] reported a high piezoelectric coefficient of d33
EXPERIMENTAL
Materials
Lead (II) bromide (PbBr2, 99.0%) and cesium bromide (CsBr, 99.9%) were provided by Aladdin Industrial Corporation. PVDF powder was supplied by 3F Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) was purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. All the chemicals and reagents were used as received without further purification.
Preparation of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films
PbBr2 and CsBr with a mass ratio of 7:4 were dissolved in 10 mL of DMF and 6.67 mL of acetone. The mixture was then stirred at 45 °C for 30 min for complete dissolution to form an orange transparent solution. Subsequently, 2.2 g of PVDF were added to the solution and it was stirred constantly for 24 h. The weight fractions of CsPbBr3, increasing from 1 to 6 wt.%, with respect to the total mass of the mixture were designed for the nanocomposite composition. The mixed precursor was loaded into a 10 mL syringe attached to a 23 G stainless steel needle. A high voltage power of 18 kV was applied between the needle and a roller wrapped in aluminum foil. The distance between the needle and the collector was ~15 cm. The feed speed was 7 μL/min and the rotation speed was 600 rpm/min. The whole electrospinning process was maintained at 26 °C with humidity below 20% RH. Finally, the collected fibers were removed from the aluminum foil and dried in a vacuum for 24 h.
Fabrication of physiological signal sensors
The as-electrospun fibers were sandwiched between polyimide films and pressed at 45 °C for 8 h to form compact films. The fiber films were then cut into the desired shape for various devices and Cu electrodes in various patterns were sputtered via masks. Wires were then connected via silver paste.
Characterization
Scanning electron microscopy (SUPRA55, FEI, Carl Zeiss) was used to record the topographic images of the nanocomposite fiber films and the cross-sectional image of the nanogenerator. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEM-2100F, JEOL) was used to observe the morphologies of the CPB/PVDF fibers. The crystalline phase of the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fibers was characterized by combining X-ray diffraction (XRD, D/Max 2200/PC) with Cu Kα radiation (λ = 1.54 Å) at a scanning rate of 4°/min in the 2θ range from 10° to 50° and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR, Nicolet 6700, ThermoFisher). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC, STA-449F3, NETZSCH) was carried out under a N2 atmosphere with a temperature rising rate of 10 °C/min to study the crystallization behavior of the composites. Ultraviolet-visible absorption (UV-vis) spectra were collected from a UV-3600 spectrophotometer from Shimadzu. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the CPB/PVDF nanocomposites were measured by a Hitachi F-7000 fluorescence spectrophotometer. Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM, Cypher ES, Asylum Research) was employed to measure the piezoelectric response of the nanocomposites. The Pt-coated probes (Arrow CONTPt, k ~0.2 N/m, NanoWorld) were used for recording the PFM images.
Electromechanical conversion measurements
A step motor (LinMot, E1100) was used to provide different normal mechanical forces. An oscilloscope (Tektronix TBS 2102) was used to detect the output voltage of the devices upon bending and mechanical compression, while a low-noise current preamplifier (Stanford Research SR570) was used to collect the current signals of the sensors for pulse wave and pronunciation monitoring.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
During the electrospinning process, the crystallization of CPB was finished in situ in the polymer forming CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fibers. The microstructures of the as-electrospun nanocomposite fibers were observed via TEM, as shown in Figure 1A-D, with the CPB content increasing from 3 to 6 wt.%. As shown in Figure 1A, at a low CPB concentration, the CPB fillers are mainly in the form of small nanoparticles with sizes of ~6-8 nm and are randomly distributed in the PVDF fiber matrix. As the CPB concentration increases, the particles begin to aggregate aligned along the electric field direction applied during the electrospinning process, as clearly shown in Figure 1B. As the CPB concentration further increases to 5 and 6 wt.%, these small nanoparticles grow larger along the electric field direction [Figure 1C], and finally, some nanoparticles grow into one-dimensional (1D) nanorods with lengths of ~30-40 nm, as presented in Figure 1D.
Figure 1. (A-D) TEM images of a single CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber with increasing CPB weight fraction: (A) 3 wt.%; (B) 4 wt.%; (C) 5 wt.%; (D) 6 wt.%. The dash circles indicate the CPB nanorods. (E) Schematic illustration on the in situ growth mechanism of CPB from nanoparticles to 1D nanorods. CPB: CsPbBr3; PVDF: poly(vinylidene fluoride).
A schematic illustration of the in situ nucleation of CPB in the PVDF polymer fiber process is illustrated in Figure 1E. In the precursor mixture, the CPB nuclei are wrapped by polymer chains, as the precursor is sprayed under a high voltage, and the formation of the PVDF fiber and the in situ nucleation of CPB crystals proceed simultaneously as the solvent evaporates. Due to the confined volume provided by PVDF chains, the crystal growth for CPB nanoparticles is limited. Owing to the existence of the high voltage, both the CPB and PVDF are poled, causing the appearance of partial charges, and as the CPB concentration increases, the charged particles prefer to aggregate aligned along the extended chain direction induced by the electric field and gradually grow into nanorods.
Since the as-electrospun fiber films have poor mechanical strength, all the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films were hot-pressed to increase the mechanical strength. The morphologies of the as-electrospun fibers and hot-pressed films are shown in Supplementary Figure 1A and B. The corresponding diameter distribution of the fibers before and after hot pressing is presented in Supplementary Figure 1C and D, respectively. Hot pressing condenses the electrospun fibers and the fiber size slightly increases from 1.0 μm with a large scattering distribution to uniformity at 1.3 μm. The representative cross-sectional image of the CPB/PVDF fiber film further demonstrates the uniformly distributed fibers in Supplementary Figure 1E.
The crystalline phases of the CPB/PVDF fiber films were examined by combining XRD and FTIR analysis. As shown in Figure 2A, CPB crystallized in the pure perovskite structure with an orthorhombic phase (PDF card #18-0364) and with increasing CPB content, the diffraction intensity of the perovskite phase increases when the CPB content up to 5 wt.%, with a further increase in CPB content resulting in low crystallinity of the CPB crystals. Calculations of the crystal lattice parameters of CPB nanoparticles in various content CPB/PVDF nanocomposites are presented in Figure 2B. A clear crystal lattice distortion of the CPB nanoparticles during the nucleation process under an electric field was observed. The CPB nanoparticles are compressed gradually along the c-axis with a CPB content increasing to 4 wt.%, with a further increase in the CPB content results in expansion along the c-axis. While the pure PVDF film crystallized in both the α and β phases, when the CPB nanoparticles are incorporated, the ferroelectric β phase becomes dominant. More detailed information on the phase evolution of PVDF could be revealed from the FTIR spectra, as shown in Figure 2C.
Figure 2. (A) XRD patterns of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films with CPB loadings from 0 to 6 wt.%. (B) Variation of crystal lattice parameters with CPB content. Diffraction data from standard PDF cards (CPB: #18-0364, PVDF: #42-1649) are depicted for indexing and comparison. (C) FTIR spectra of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films with increasing CPB loadings from 0 to 6 wt.%. (D) Variation of electroactive phase fraction with the content of CPB nanoparticles. CPB: CsPbBr3; PVDF: poly(vinylidene fluoride); FTIR: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
As seen from the infrared intensity evolution of characteristic peaks for the β phase at 840 and 1276 cm-1, it is found that a low CPB concentration (below 4 wt.%) results in a higher β phase fraction (FEA), which could be estimated from the De Gregorio equation:
where Iα and IEA are the absorbance intensities at 764 and 840 cm-1, respectively, KEA and Kα are the absorption coefficients at the corresponding wavenumber, with values of 6.1 × 104 and 7.7 × 104 cm2·mol-1, respectively. The calculation of the variation of the β phase fraction with the CPB content is summarized in Figure 2D, showing that FEA could be enhanced from 72% to 90%, and further increase in CPB does not result in higher FEA. Since incorporating CPB also influences the crystallinity of PVDF matrix and thus will affect the FEA value, the variation on the crystallinity of the composite with respect to the CPB content is calculated from the DSC curves (shown in Supplementary Figure 2A) according to:
where ΔHfis the melting enthalpy of the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite, ϕ is the mass ratio of CPB nanoparticles in the composite and ΔHm100is the melting enthalpy of a 100% crystalline PVDF (ΔHm100 = 104.6 J/g[29]). As presented in Supplementary Figure 2B, a higher CPB content results in lower polymer crystallinity, thus the FEA falls at high CPB contents.
The CPB perovskite has intrinsic outstanding luminescence properties and when incorporating into the PVDF fiber matrix, the nanocomposites also exhibit strong luminescence, as shown in Figure 3. The PL peaks for all the CPB/PVDF nanocomposites are centered at ~518 nm with a slight shift to 520 nm at high CPB contents. Meanwhile, the absorption peaks for CPB contents lower than 4 wt.% are located at
Figure 3. UV-vis absorption and PL emission spectra of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films with increasing CPB loadings from 0 to
The electromechanical conversion performance of the devices made from a series of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films was examined by monitoring the voltage output upon applying various cyclic normal forces, i.e., 10, 15, 20 and 25 N, respectively, at a fixed frequency of 2 Hz, with the data shown in Figure 4A-G. The variations in the maximum output at each CPB content measured at the same forces are summarized in Figure 4H. Generally, the output voltage increases with increasing applied forces and also increases with CPB content until 4 wt.%, at which the maximum output voltage was achieved with ~90 V at 25 N (peak-to-peak). Based on the piezoelectric conversion, the open circuit voltage is expressed as:
Figure 4. (A-G) Cyclic voltage output performances of CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films with increasing CPB loadings from 0 to
where σij is the applied stress, dij is the piezoelectric coefficient, t is the thickness of the piezoelectric material along the stress direction and ε0 and εr are the permittivity of a vacuum and the relative dielectric constant, respectively. Here, the test was carried out in the 33 mode and in order to exclude the variation of Voc brought by film thickness, the normalized output voltages with respect to film thickness are shown in Figure 4I for better comparison. The 4 wt.% CPB/PVDF film shows significantly higher electromechanical conversion ability than the rest of the films, i.e., 8.4 times higher than the neat PVDF film and 1.8 times higher than the 5 wt.% CPB/PVDF film, probably due to an optimal value resulted from high piezoelectric coefficient d33 and moderate dielectric constant 9.8@1 kHz[31] according to Equation 3. Upon finger tapping (stress around 4.75 kPa), the 4 wt.% CPB/PVDF film could output an open-circuit voltage of 13 V and a short-circuit current of 1.3 μA, as shown in Figure 4J.
The electromechanical conversion performance of the in situ grown CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films developed here was compared with recently reported perovskite/polymer composite-based nanogenerators, as summarized in Table 1. These results reveal that the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films show quite competitive electromechanical conversion performance with high Voc obtained under moderate stress (dozens of kPa, much lower than the widely reported ~MPa magnitude).
Comparison of output performance between recent studies and this work
Perovskites | Polymer | Output performances | Ref. |
MASnI3 | Porous PVDF | 12 V, 4 μA/cm2 @ 0.5 MPa | [32] |
FASnI3 | PVDF | 23 V, 35 mW/cm2 @ 0.1 MPa | [33] |
MAPbI3 | PVDF | 220 mV @7.5 N, 4 Hz | [34] |
MAPbI3 | PVDF | 0.107 V/kPa | [35] |
FAPbBr2I | Porous PVDF | 85 V, 30 μA (peak to peak) @30 Hz | [36] |
CsPbBr3 | PVDF | 120 V, 35 μA @100 MPa | [37] |
CsPbBr3 | PVDF fiber | 90 V (peak to peak) @62.5 kPa, 2 Hz 13 V, 1.3 μA @finger tapping | This work |
To gain an understanding of the microstructural mechanism of enhanced electromechanical conversion in CPB/PVDF composite fiber films, dual-AC resonance-tracking PFM measurements have been employed[38]. Topographical images of the PVDF and CPB/PVDF fibers are shown in Figure 5A and E, respectively. The corresponding vertical and lateral amplitude signal mappings of PVDF and CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fibers are shown in Figure 5B, C, F and G, respectively. As seen, for the pure PVDF fiber, piezoelectric responses are weak over the whole scanned area in both vertical and lateral orientations, with scattered moderate vertical responses from the areas surrounding fiber/fiber interfaces. In stark contrast, strong piezoelectric responses are obtained on the whole CPB/PVDF fibers from vertical orientation and also some polarization components lie in the plane direction so that strong piezoelectric responses are observed from lateral amplitude signals. Frequency images captured simultaneously with the vertical amplitude images are provided in Supplementary Figure 3 to prove that the contact resonance frequency was successfully tracked in most points (higher than 98%) during the scanning, indicating high reliability of the piezoelectric responses obtained here. Histograms of vertical amplitude signals are summarized in Figure 5D and H for the PVDF and CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fibers, respectively. The response distribution for PVDF is within a narrow range, from 10-30 pm and centered at ~15 pm, while the responses for CPB/PVDF show a wide distribution from 20 to 60 pm, with the center at ~30 pm, which is at least double the value of that for the PVDF fiber. The PFM results strongly support the contribution from the increased polar phase to the significant enhancement in electromechanical conversion in the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite.
Figure 5. PFM measurements of the piezoelectric responses of (A-D) PVDF and (E-H) CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films at a
The functionalities of the devices integrated from the CPB/PVDF nanocomposite fiber films for physiological signal monitoring are demonstrated in Figure 6. A 1 × 3 sensor array was attached tightly to the wrist of the tester to read the pulse wave from the positions of Cun, Guan and Chi, respectively, as shown in the inset of Figure 6A, which mimics the diagnosis process of the traditional Chinese physician feeling the pulse palpation. Pulse wave signals collected from three positions show distinctive waves characteristics and gender difference, reflecting relevant health information. The sensor is capable of differentiating pronunciation of the words with various number of syllables via perceiving the vocal vibration when attached to human throat. As shown in Figure 6B, when a speaker said three words “Ah”, “Cindy”, and “Sivona”, respectively, three different characteristic waveforms were obtained. One strong peak appeared for the monosyllabic word “Ah”, two peaks with one weak and one strong for the disyllabic word “Cindy” whose accent is on the second syllable, and three peaks with one weak and two strong ones for the trisyllabic word “Sivona” whose accent is on the last two syllables. Two sensors were attached to the finger joint to monitor their movement simultaneously. As shown in Figure 6C, the individual bending of a single finger and simultaneous bending of both fingers could be timely and accurately recorded from two individual channels.
Figure 6. Physiological signal monitoring functionalities of wearable sensors developed using CPB/PVDF fiber films. (A) Pulse waves of female and male testers measured employing a 1 × 3 sensor array to monitor pulses from locations called Cun, Guan and Chi, respectively. (B) Monitoring on vocal fold vibration pronouncing words with various number of syllables. (C) Simultaneous output of two sensors attached to index finger and middle finger with different gestures, respectively. The insets show the images of sensors at work.
CONCLUSIONS
In summary, CPB/PVDF fiber films have been fabricated via an electrospinning technique, where the CPB nanoparticles were crystallized and grown confined within the PVDF chains. In the meantime, both the CPB nanoparticles and PVDF fibers were poled by the electric field, resulting in a greatly enhanced piezoelectric performance. The output performance of the CPB/PVDF films was boosted significantly over neat PVDF film, i.e., with the maximum value enhanced 8.4 times. PFM measurements unambiguously reveal that the enhanced electromechanical coupling originates from the increased polar phase with strong piezoelectric response. The precise and sensitive sensing functionalities of CPB/PVDF film-based device on pulse wave and body movements explicitly demonstrate its potential applications as flexible piezoelectric generators and wearable health monitoring electronics.
DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributionsConception and design of the study: Wang Y
Performed data analysis and interpretation: Sun X, Wang Y
Performed data acquisition: Sun X, Zhang F, Zhang L, Liu G, Wang Y
Provided administrative, technical, and material support: Wang Y, Deng Y
Availability of data and materialsCorrespondence and requests for data and materials should be addressed to Wang Y.
Financial support and sponsorshipThis work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51872009, 92066203), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515110155) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Conflicts of interestAll authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval and consent to participateNot applicable.
Consent for publicationNot applicable.
Copyright© The Author(s) 2022.
REFERENCES
1. Ryu H, Yoon HJ, Kim SW. Hybrid energy harvesters: toward sustainable energy harvesting. Adv Mater 2019;31:e1802898.
2. Gao M, Wang P, Jiang L, et al. Power generation for wearable systems. Energy Environ Sci 2021;14:2114-57.
3. Peng B, Zhao F, Ping J, Ying Y. Recent advances in nanomaterial-enabled wearable sensors: material synthesis, sensor design, and personal health monitoring. Small 2020;16:e2002681.
4. Vallem V, Sargolzaeiaval Y, Ozturk M, Lai YC, Dickey MD. Energy harvesting and storage with soft and stretchable materials. Adv Mater 2021;33:e2004832.
5. Qin Y, Wang X, Wang ZL. Erratum: microfibre-nanowire hybrid structure for energy scavenging. Nature 2009;457:340-340.
6. Chandrasekaran S, Bowen C, Roscow J, et al. Micro-scale to nano-scale generators for energy harvesting: self powered piezoelectric, triboelectric and hybrid devices. Phys Rep 2019;792:1-33.
8. Fan FR, Tang W, Wang ZL. Flexible nanogenerators for energy harvesting and self-powered electronics. Adv Mater 2016;28:4283-305.
9. He J, Tritt TM. Advances in thermoelectric materials research: looking back and moving forward. Science 2017;357:eaak9997.
10. Bowen CR, Taylor J, Leboulbar E, Zabek D, Chauhan A, Vaish R. Pyroelectric materials and devices for energy harvesting applications. Energy Environ Sci 2014;7:3836-56.
11. Kovalenko MV, Protesescu L, Bodnarchuk MI. Properties and potential optoelectronic applications of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. Science 2017;358:745-50.
12. Anton SR, Sodano HA. A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003-2006). Smart Mater Struct 2007;16:R1-R21.
13. Martins P, Lopes A, Lanceros-mendez S. Electroactive phases of poly(vinylidene fluoride): determination, processing and applications. Prog Polym Sci 2014;39:683-706.
14. Shepelin NA, Glushenkov AM, Lussini VC, et al. New developments in composites, copolymer technologies and processing techniques for flexible fluoropolymer piezoelectric generators for efficient energy harvesting. Energy Environ Sci 2019;12:1143-76.
15. Wei H, Wang H, Xia Y, et al. An overview of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices. J Mater Chem C 2018;6:12446-67.
16. Chen X, Li X, Shao J, et al. High-performance piezoelectric nanogenerators with imprinted P(VDF-TrFE)/BaTiO3 nanocomposite micropillars for self-powered flexible sensors. Small 2017;13:1604245.
17. Kim K, Zhu W, Qu X, et al. 3D optical printing of piezoelectric nanoparticle-polymer composite materials. ACS Nano 2014;8:9799-806.
18. Jain A, K. J. P, Sharma AK, Jain A, Rashmi PN. Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of PVDF/PZT composites: a review. Polym Eng Sci 2015;55:1589-616.
20. Liu B, Lu B, Chen X, et al. A high-performance flexible piezoelectric energy harvester based on lead-free (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-BaTiO3 piezoelectric nanofibers. J Mater Chem A 2017;5:23634-40.
21. Green MA, Ho-baillie A, Snaith HJ. The emergence of perovskite solar cells. Nature Photon 2014;8:506-14.
22. Stranks SD, Snaith HJ. Metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices. Nat Nanotechnol 2015;10:391-402.
23. Wilson JN, Frost JM, Wallace SK, Walsh A. Dielectric and ferroic properties of metal halide perovskites. APL Materials 2019;7:010901.
24. Rakita Y, Cohen SR, Kedem NK, Hodes G, Cahen D. Mechanical properties of APbX3 (A = Cs or CH3NH3; X= I or Br) perovskite single crystals. MRS Commun 2015;5:623-9.
25. Ding R, Zhang X, Chen G, et al. High-performance piezoelectric nanogenerators composed of formamidinium lead halide perovskite nanoparticles and poly(vinylidene fluoride). Nano Energy 2017;37:126-35.
26. Tusiime R, Zabihi F, Tebyetekerwa M, et al. High stress-driven voltages in net-like layer-supported organic-inorganic perovskites. J Mater Chem C 2020;8:2643-58.
27. Ding R, Liu H, Zhang X, et al. Flexible piezoelectric nanocomposite generators based on formamidinium lead halide perovskite nanoparticles. Adv Funct Mater 2016;26:7708-16.
28. Kim DB, Park KH, Cho YS. Origin of high piezoelectricity of inorganic halide perovskite thin films and their electromechanical energy-harvesting and physiological current-sensing characteristics. Energy Environ Sci 2020;13:2077-86.
29. He F, Lin K, Shi D, et al. Preparation of organosilicate/PVDF composites with enhanced piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity by stretching. Compos Sci Technol 2016;137:138-47.
30. Brennan MC, Herr JE, Nguyen-Beck TS, et al. Origin of the size-dependent stokes shift in CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2017;139:12201-8.
31. Huang C, Wang Y, Cheng Z, Wu Y, Li J, Deng Y. Dielectric screening enabled ultrastable luminescence in CsPbBr3 perovskite crystal encapsulated by ferroelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride). Chem Eng J 2020;401:126120.
32. Ippili S, Jella V, Eom J, et al. An eco-friendly flexible piezoelectric energy harvester that delivers high output performance is based on lead-free MASnI3 films and MASnI3-PVDF composite films. Nano Energy 2019;57:911-23.
33. Pandey R, Sb G, Grover S, et al. Microscopic origin of piezoelectricity in lead-free halide perovskite: application in nanogenerator design. ACS Energy Lett 2019;4:1004-11.
34. Sultana A, Ghosh SK, Alam MM, et al. Methylammonium lead iodide incorporated poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers for flexible piezoelectric-pyroelectric nanogenerator. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019;11:27279-87.
35. Ippili S, Jella V, Eom S, Hong S, Yoon SG. Light-driven piezo- and triboelectricity in organic-Inorganic metal trihalide perovskite toward mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered sensor application. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020;12:50472-83.
36. Khan AA, Rana MM, Huang G, et al. Maximizing piezoelectricity by self-assembled highly porous perovskite-polymer composite films to enable the internet of things. J Mater Chem A 2020;8:13619-29.
37. Mondal S, Paul T, Maiti S, Das BK, Chattopadhyay KK. Human motion interactive mechanical energy harvester based on all inorganic perovskite-PVDF. Nano Energy 2020;74:104870.
Cite This Article
How to Cite
Sun, X.; Zhang F.; Zhang L.; Liu G.; Wang Y.; Wang Y.; Deng Y. Enhanced electromechanical conversion via in situ grown CsPbBr3 nanoparticle/poly(vinylidene fluoride) fiber composites for physiological signal monitoring. Soft Sci. 2022, 2, 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/ss.2021.21
Download Citation
Export Citation File:
Type of Import
Tips on Downloading Citation
Citation Manager File Format
Type of Import
Direct Import: When the Direct Import option is selected (the default state), a dialogue box will give you the option to Save or Open the downloaded citation data. Choosing Open will either launch your citation manager or give you a choice of applications with which to use the metadata. The Save option saves the file locally for later use.
Indirect Import: When the Indirect Import option is selected, the metadata is displayed and may be copied and pasted as needed.
Comments
Comments must be written in English. Spam, offensive content, impersonation, and private information will not be permitted. If any comment is reported and identified as inappropriate content by OAE staff, the comment will be removed without notice. If you have any queries or need any help, please contact us at support@oaepublish.com.