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SMART MATERIALS FOR ENERGY REGENERATION
Prof. Elias Siores
28 March 2012
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CONTENT
Aims and objectives
Polymer based piezoelectric filament production
Characterisation (Statimat, DSC, FTIR, NMR, SEM)
Impact test (Instron Dynatup 9200) and the test results
Possible Woven Structures
Hybrid piezoelectric-photovoltaic (HPP) film and fibre
production process
Characterisation ( 4 probe J-V, SEM, AFM)
Conclusions
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Aims of the research work
To generate piezoelectric filaments via a continuous process that is; lead free, flexible, light weight, less expensive to produce easy to use.
To develop a hybrid structure, combining piezoelectric
technology with photovoltaic technology, that enables to convert; mechanical energy (in the form of impact or vibration) to
electrical energy photon/solar energy to electrical energy
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Introduction to Piezoelectricity
Piezoelectricity is the ability of some materials to transform
mechanical stress into electrical charge and vice versa.
The notion came from Charles Coloumb in 1817.
Direct piezoelectric effect was first demonstrated and defined by Pierre and Jacques Curie brothers in 1880.
Converse piezoelectric effect was first mentioned by Lippmann in 1881.
Name of ”piezoelectric” was given by Hankel in 1881.
Direct Piezoelectric Effect
also known as generator effect or
sensor effect.
Converse Piezoelectric Effect
also known as motor effect or
actuator effect.
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Why flexible piezoelectric fibre?
Existing piezoelectric fibres are; lead-zirconate titanate (PZT) based,
rigid,
brittle
Existing flexible piezoelectric structures are; polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based,
commercially available only in film form
None of these commercial piezoelectric materials are suitable to be used in flexible textile structures.
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Introduction to Organic Photovoltaic (OPV)
Technology
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Basic operational principles for
a polymer solar cell
Coupling of the photons
Photon absorption by active layer, ηabs
Electron-hole pair creation (excited state) and diffusion, ηdiff
Charge separation, ηtc
Charge transportation within the respective polymer to the respective electrodes, ηtr
Charge collection, ηcc
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Schematic of a melt extruder piezoelectric
filament extrusion process
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Piezoelectric Filament Production
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* R. L. Hadimani, D. Vatansever, and E. Siores, “Piezoelectric Polymer Element and Production Method and
Apparatus Therefor,” U.K. Patent GB1015399.7
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Poly(vinylidene fluoride) – PVDF
homopolymer
copolymer
Polypropylene – PP
Polyamide 11 – PA 11
What polymers we have used so far?
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Piezoelectric Filaments Produced via a
continuous process
Resulted piezoelectric PVDF filaments are very flexible and easy to process and integrate into textiles
Mono-Filament
Multi-Filament
Ribbon
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Tensile stress vs strain curves for unpoled
and poled PVDF fibres
Stress (cN/tex) vs strain (%) curve of
unpolled PVDF fibres Stress (cN/tex) vs strain (%) curve of
polled PVDF fibres
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DSC results of PVDF fibres
DSC thermogram of unpoled PVDF at a
5°C/min heating rate
DSC thermogram of poled PVDF fibre at a
5°C/min heating rate
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FTIR results of PBDF fibre
FTIR measurement of unpoled PVDF fibre (red) and poled PVDF fibre (blue) for a shorter
wavelength (600 – 1800 cm-1)
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NMR results of PVDF fibres
Solid-state 13C-NMR profiles of both poled (blue) and unpoled (red) PVDF ribbon fibres.
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SEM Images for unpoled and poled
PVDF fibres
SEM Image of unpoled PVDF fibre SEM Image of poled PVDF fibre
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Preparation of test specimens
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Instron Dynatup 9200 Impact Test Equipment
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Impact Results
An increase in the voltage generation was observed with an increase in the applied force .
A peak voltage of 5.5V was observed and this peak voltage was reproducible when the same impact was applied.
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Possible Woven Structures
piezoelectric thread, conductive thread, non-conductive thread
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Electronic Circuitry
Voltage generated by the piezoelectric
material will be fluctuating with random
frequency. This signal needs to be
converted to a standard DC voltage.
This is done using a full wave rectifier and
a capacitor. By using complex circuits we
can improve the conversion efficiency.
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Piezoelectric materials can convert mechanical energy to electrical energy; but if there is no mechanical stimuli…?
Photovoltaic materials can convert sun light to electrical energy; but if there is no sun light...?
HPP technology offers almost undisturbed energy generation by combining these two smart technologies into a single structure.
Why hybrid piezoelectric photovoltaic (HPP)
films and fibres?
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Production Process of Films
• Piezoelectric substrate
• Electrode
• P3HT:PCBM
• PEDOT:PSS
• Electrode
• Protective layer
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Production Process of Hybrid Film & Fibre
Piezoelectric film/fibre with
electrodes
Insulator Layer
Drying
Electrode Evaporation
Active Layer
Drying and Annealing
Buffer Layer
Drying and Annealing
Electrode Evaporation
Protective Layer
Drying
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HPP Materials Produced at IMRI
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HPP Materials Produced at IMRI
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Power Conversion Efficiency Measurement
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Microstructural Analysis (SEM)
Al Evaporated+Active layer coated Aluminium Evaporated
Al Evaporated+Active layer +Annealed Al+Active layer +Annealed+electrodes evaporated
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Microstructural Analysis (AFM)
Al Evaporated+Active layer coated Aluminium Evaporated
Al Evaporated+Active layer +Annealed Al+Active layer +Annealed+electrodes evaporated
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Conclusions
For the first time a flexible piezoelectric filament has been successfully
produced via a continuous process by applying a high stretching ratio, heat
and high voltage, simultaneously.
The impact test results proved that resulting produced filaments were
piezoelectric and flexible enough to be used into textile structures.
For the first time flexible HPP film and fibre have been successfully
produced and tested.
Additionally, a rectifying circuit consisting of 4 diodes and a capacitor can
be used to rectify the fluctuating voltage of various frequencies to a
constant DC voltage.
The constant voltage generated and rectified can then be either stored in
an electrical storage device such as batteries and super capacitors or can
be utilised on-line directly.