Smart and multifunctional materials based on electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride): recent advances and opportunities in sensors, actuators, energy, environmental …

CM Costa, VF Cardoso, P Martins, DM Correia… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Recent advances in pyroelectric materials and applications

D Zhang, H Wu, CR Bowen, Y Yang - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one important subclass of piezoelectric materials, pyroelectric materials have caused
increasing attention owing to the unique pyroelectric effect induced by spontaneous …

A review on non-dispersive infrared gas sensors: Improvement of sensor detection limit and interference correction

TV Dinh, IY Choi, YS Son, JC Kim - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016 - Elsevier
Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensors applied in an environmental field are
considered. Disadvantages of the non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensors include …

Factors affecting the piezoelectric performance of ceramic-polymer composites: A comprehensive review

P Eltouby, I Shyha, C Li, J Khaliq - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, piezoelectric materials have emerged as one of the powerful
platforms for energy harvesting applications. Nowadays, they offer sustainable solutions for …

Enabling distributed intelligence with ferroelectric multifunctionalities

K Yao, S Chen, SC Lai, YM Yousry - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Distributed intelligence involving a large number of smart sensors and edge computing are
highly demanded under the backdrop of increasing cyber‐physical interactive applications …

[HTML][HTML] Gravure printing for PVDF thin-film pyroelectric device manufacture

G Sico, M Montanino, F Loffredo, C Borriello… - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pyroelectric energy harvesting is one of the more recent and promising solid-state
approaches for directly converting time-dependent temperature fluctuations into electric …

Harvesting wind energy with pyroelectric nanogenerator PNG using the vortex generator mechanism

MH Raouadi, O Touayar - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper describes an experimental study of wind energy harvesting by pyroelectric
nanogenerator PNG composed by PVDF film and vortex generator called turbulator. We …

Effect of Zr/Ti ratio on microstructure and electrical properties of pyroelectric ceramics for energy harvesting applications

Q Wang, X Zhang, CR Bowen, MY Li, J Ma… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In this paper, Pb [(Mn x Nb 1-x) 1/2 (Mn x Sb 1-x) 1/2] y (Zr z Ti 1-z) 1-y O 3 (lead
magnesium niobate-lead antimony-manganese-lead zirconate titanate: PMnN-PMS-PZT) …

High Power Density Pyroelectric Energy Conversion in Nanometer-Thick BaTiO3 Films

B Bhatia, H Cho, J Karthik, J Choi… - Nanoscale and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Solid-state pyroelectric nanomaterials can be used for thermal-to-electrical energy
conversion in the presence of temperature fluctuations. This article reports investigation of …

Pyropermittivity as an emerging method of thermal analysis, with application to carbon fibers

X **, DDL Chung - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022 - Springer
Pyropermittivity refers to the effect of temperature on the electric permittivity of a material. It is
an emerging thermoanalytical method that is relevant to materials characterization …