Experimental Evaluation Of Impact Based Flexible Piezoelectric P (VDF-TrFE) Thick-Film

• Main Authors: Chow, Khoon Keat, Kok, Swee Leong, Lau, Kok Tee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre For Advanced Research On Energy (UTeM) 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/22701/3/Experimental%20Evaluation%20Of%20Impact%20Based%20Flexible%20Piezoelectric%20P%20%28VDF-TrFE%29%20Thick-Film.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/22701/; http://www3.utem.edu.my/care/proceedings/

This paper discusses on the evaluation of an impact based energy harvesting material using poly(vinylidene fluoride) trifluoroethylene P(VDFTrFE) in the form of thick film on a flexible substrate. When an impact force from free-fall of 0.2N was applied to the film, as an energy harvester, a maximum peak-to-peak voltage of about 3.0V was generated which derived a maximum output power of 4.36 μW at an external load of 1kΩ.