3D printing of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene): a poling-free technique to manufacture flexible and transparent piezoelectric generators

Nick A Shepelin; Vanessa C Lussini; Phillip J Fox; Greg W Dicinoski; AlexeyM Glushenkov; Joseph G Shapter; Amanda V Ellis

Journal article

3D printing of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene): a poling-free technique to manufacture flexible and transparent piezoelectric generators

Nick A Shepelin, Vanessa C Lussini, Phillip J Fox, Greg W Dicinoski, AlexeyM Glushenkov, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda V Ellis

MRS COMMUNICATIONS | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2019.19

Abstract

Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) present a unique opportunity for renewable and sustainable energy harvesting. Here, we present a lowerature and low-energy deposition method using solvent evaporation-assisted three-dimensional printing to deposit electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-trifluoroethylene (TrFE) up to 19 structured layers. Visible-wavelength transmittance was above 92%, while ATR-FTIR spectroscopy showed little change in the electroactive phase fraction between layer depositions. Electroactivity from the fabricated PVDF-TrFE PEGs showed that a single structured layer gave the greatest output at 289.3 mV peak-to-peak voltage. This was proposed to be due to shear-..

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Amanda Ellis Author Chemical Engineering

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (LP160100071) and Future Fellowships funding scheme (FT130100211). This work was performed in part at the Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (MCFP) at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF).