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Vol. 14 (2022)

Coupling Enhancement of a Flexible BiFeO3 Film-Based Nanogenerator for Simultaneously Scavenging Light and Vibration Energies

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00943-0
Xiao Han
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China
Yun Ji
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China
Li Wu
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China
Yanlong Xia
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China
Chris R. Bowen
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA27AK, UK
Ya Yang
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Ya Yang

yayang@binn.cas.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 198

Abstract

Coupled nanogenerators have been a research hotspot due to their ability to harvest a variety of forms of energy such as light, mechanical and thermal energy and achieve a stable direct current output. Ferroelectric films are frequently investigated for photovoltaic applications due to their unique photovoltaic properties and bandgap-independent photovoltage, while the flexoelectric effect is an electromechanical property commonly found in solid dielectrics. Here, we effectively construct a new form of coupled nanogenerator based on a flexible BiFeO3 ferroelectric film that combines both flexoelectric and photovoltaic effects to successfully harvest both light and vibration energies. This device converts an alternating current into a direct current and achieves a 6.2% charge enhancement and a 19.3% energy enhancement to achieve a multi-dimensional "1 + 1 > 2" coupling enhancement in terms of current, charge and energy. This work proposes a new approach to the coupling of multiple energy harvesting mechanisms in ferroelectric nanogenerators and provides a new strategy to enhance the transduction efficiency of flexible functional devices.


Highlights:


1 Development of new form of coupled nanogenerators to enhance performance.
2 Energy in the form of light and vibration is successfully harvested, by converting an alternating current signal into a direct current signal.
3 New approach to creating coupled nanogenerators, where multiple harvesting mechanisms by exploiting ferroelectric materials are achieved.

Keywords

Ferroelectric film Coupled nanogenerators Photovoltaic effect Flexoelectric effect Energy collection
Han, Xiao, Yun Ji, Li Wu, Yanlong Xia, Chris R. Bowen, and Ya Yang. 2022. “Coupling Enhancement of a Flexible BiFeO3 Film-Based Nanogenerator for Simultaneously Scavenging Light and Vibration Energies”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (October):198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00943-0.
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