A scalable nanogenerator based on self-poled piezoelectric polymer nanowires with high energy conversion efficiency
- Submitting institution
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University of Cambridge
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7298
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/aenm.201400519
- Title of journal
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Article number
- ARTN 1400519
- First page
- 1400519
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 18
- ISSN
- 1614-6832
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2014
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Described a nanogenerator composed of piezoelectric polymer nanowires to harvest energy from vibrations. Nanowires of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) grown using a scalable template-wetting technique result in high-performance nanogenerators without the need for electrical poling. This work featured as the frontispiece of this journal, and led to the award of a EUR1.7M ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2014-STG-639526, NANOGEN). SK-N was invited to participate in BBC Radio 5 Live Science (24/9/2014) to discuss the work, and to deliver the Liddiard Memorial Lecture (Institute of Materials). The work led to her receiving the World Economic Forum 2015 Young Scientist Award.
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- Non-English
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