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15 - General Engineering

University of Bolton

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Output 6 of 62 in the submission

Article title

An investigation of energy harvesting from renewable sources with PVDF and PZT

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1088/0964-1726/20/5/055019

Title of journal

Smart Materials and Structures

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

055019

ISSN of journal

1361-665X

Year of publication

2011

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Award winning paper selected for 2011 Highlights Collection of the Journal. Based on 3 International Patents by Siores. Paper was co-authored with his PhD student and 2 Postdocs. Flexible piezoelectric fibre was developed using unique processing route. Harnessed energy from ceramic based piezoelectric fibre composite structures (PFCs) and polymer based piezoelectric strips, PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride), were compared, subjected to various wind speed and rain conditions. PVDF generated higher voltage/power than brittle ceramic. Novel work demonstrated that energy harvesting for utilization in low power electronic devices in outdoor applications is possible by using flexible polymer based piezoelectric fibre / textile structures. This work has received international TV and media exposure.

Impact Factor:2.089

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

3 - Renewable Energy (RE)

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

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Non-English

English abstract