3D printing of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene): A poling-free technique to manufacture flexible and transparent piezoelectric generators

Nick A. Shepelin; Vanessa C. Lussini; Phillip J. Fox; Greg W. Dicinoski; Alexey M. Glushenkov; Joseph G. Shapter; Amanda V. Ellis

doi:10.1557/mrc.2019.19

3D printing of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene): A poling-free technique to manufacture flexible and transparent piezoelectric generators

Nick A. Shepelin
, Vanessa C. Lussini
, Phillip J. Fox
, Greg W. Dicinoski
, Alexey M. Glushenkov
, Joseph G. Shapter
, Amanda V. Ellis^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) present a unique opportunity for renewable and sustainable energy harvesting. Here, we present a lowerature and low-energy deposition method using solvent evaporation-assisted three-dimensional printing to deposit electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-trifluoroethylene (TrFE) up to 19 structured layers. Visible-wavelength transmittance was above 92%, while ATR-FTIR spectroscopy showed little change in the electroactive phase fraction between layer depositions. Electroactivity from the fabricated PVDF-TrFE PEGs showed that a single structured layer gave the greatest output at 289.3 mV peak-to-peak voltage. This was proposed to be due to shear-induced polarization affording the alignment of the fluoropolymer dipoles without an electric field or high temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-164
Number of pages	6
Journal	MRS Communications
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2019.19
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019

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