BaTiO3 Nanotubes-Based Flexible and Transparent Nanogenerators

Zong-Hong Lin; Ya Yang; Jyh Ming Wu; Ying Liu; Fang Zhang; Zhong Lin Wang

doi:10.1021/jz301805f

BaTiO3 Nanotubes-Based Flexible and Transparent Nanogenerators

J Phys Chem Lett. 2012 Dec 6;3(23):3599-604. doi: 10.1021/jz301805f. Epub 2012 Nov 27.

Authors

Zong-Hong Lin¹, Ya Yang¹, Jyh Ming Wu¹, Ying Liu¹, Fang Zhang¹, Zhong Lin Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ †School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States.
² ‡Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

PMID: 26290994
DOI: 10.1021/jz301805f

Abstract

We have developed a simple, cost-effective, and scalable approach to fabricate a piezoelectric nanogenerator (NG) with stretchable and flexible characteristics using BaTiO3 nanotubes, which were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The NG was fabricated by making a composite of the nanotubes with polymer poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The peak open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of the NG reached a high level of 5.5 V and 350 nA (current density of 350 nA/cm(2)), respectively. It was used to directly drive a commercial liquid crystal display. The BaTiO3 nanotubes/PDMS composite is highly transparent and useful for a large-scale (11 × 11 cm) fabrication of lead-free piezoelectric NG.

Keywords: BaTiO3 nanotubes; flexible; large-scale; nanogenerator; transparent.