Energy Harvesting Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers (Second Edition).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fang, Jian.

Contributor:

Lin, Tong.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy harvesting.

Electrospinning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the latest research advances in the mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion properties and applications of electrospun nanofibers.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Editor biographies

Jian Fang

Tong Lin

List of contributors

Chapter Electrospinning: an advanced nanofiber-making technology

1.1 Introduction of electrospinning

1.1.1 Electrospinning history

1.1.2 Basic apparatus

1.2 Electrospinning basis

1.2.1 Mechanism of the electrospinning process

1.2.2 Effects of electrospinning parameters

1.3 Nozzle electrospinning

1.3.1 Single-component electrospinning

1.3.2 Multi-component electrospinning

1.3.3 Multi-nozzle and porous spinneret

1.3.4 Near-field electrospinning

1.3.5 Gas enhanced electrospinning

1.3.6 Melt electrospinning

1.4 Needleless electrospinning

1.4.1 Stationary needleless spinnerets

1.4.2 Rotatory needleless spinnerets

1.4.3 Magnetic field-assisted needleless electrospinning

1.4.4 Bubble needleless electrospinning

1.4.5 Centrifugal force assisted needleless electrospinning

1.4.6 Air enhanced needleless electrospinning

1.5 Nanofiber collection

1.5.1 Selective nanofiber deposition

1.5.2 Aligned nanofibers

1.5.3 Nanofiber yarns

1.6 Summary and outlook

References

Chapter Bias-controlled electrospinning for improved performance of electronic devices

2.1 Electrospinning setup

2.1.1 Electrostatic force (Fe)

2.1.2 Surface tension (Ft)

2.1.3 Viscous drag force (Fv)

2.1.4 Taylor cone formation

2.1.5 Taylor cone formation process

2.2 Effect of different collectors on the properties of the fibers

2.2.1 Flat plate collector

2.2.2 Rotating drum collector

2.2.3 Cylindrical collector

2.2.4 Conductive grid collector

2.2.5 Basket or frame collector

2.3 Effect of the bias polarity on nanofibers

2.3.1 Fiber morphology

2.3.2 Fiber diameter

2.3.3 Fiber alignment and orientation

2.3.4 Surface charge and porosity

2.3.5 Bead formation.

2.3.6 Material composition

2.3.7 Alignment of ferroelectric dipoles

2.4 Characterisation techniques

2.4.1 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

2.4.2 Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

2.4.3 X-ray diffraction (XRD)

2.4.4 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

2.4.5 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

2.4.6 Mechanical testing

2.4.7 Energy harvesting performance tests

2.5 Literature review

2.6 Applications across diverse domains

2.6.1 Energy harvesting applications

2.6.2 Self-powered sensors applications

2.6.3 Healthcare applications

2.6.4 Environmental and aerospace monitoring

2.6.5 AI/ML integration in electrospun nanofiber applications

2.7 Conclusion and future prospective

Chapter Piezoelectric energy conversion performance of electrospun nanofibers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Brief history

3.3 Piezoelectricity of PVDF nanofibers

3.3.1 Single fiber/multi-fibers

3.3.2 Nonwoven

3.3.3 Aligned fiber web

3.3.4 Nanofillers

3.4 Piezoelectricity of other electrospun nanofibers

3.4.1 Polymers

3.4.2 Inorganic materials

3.4.3 Composite

3.5 Piezoelectric-triboelectric hybrid energy generator devices

3.6 Summary

Chapter Different characterizations and recent applications of piezoelectric nanofibers

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Theoretical background

4.3 Materials, fabrication, and characterization

4.3.1 Materials

4.3.2 Fabrication techniques

4.3.3 Piezoelectric characterization techniques

4.4 Recent applications

4.4.1 Self-powered units

4.4.2 Triboelectric generator

4.4.3 Wearable electronics

4.4.4 Acoustic sensors/harvesting

4.4.5 Vibrational sensor

4.4.6 Footstep generation

4.5 Summary

Chapter Hi-performance piezoelectric nanofiber via advancing β-crystalline phase

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Improvement of β-phase in PVDF

5.2.1 Effect of electrospinning parameters

5.2.2 Effect of fillers

5.3 Quantification and determination of β-phase in PVDF

5.3.1 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)

5.3.2 X-ray diffraction (XRD)

5.3.3 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

5.4 Conclusion

Chapter Acoustoelectric energy conversion of nanofibrous materials

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Conventonal acoustic transducers

6.2.1 Basic principles

6.2.2 Materials

6.2.3 Evaluation of acoustoelectric conversion

6.3 Acoustic sensors

6.3.1 Electrospun piezoelectric polymer nanofibers

6.3.2 Electrospun nonpiezoelectric polymer nanofibers

6.4 Acoustoelectric harvesters

6.4.1 Piezoelectric harvesters

6.4.2 Triboelectric acoustic generators

6.5 Potential applications

6.5.1 Sound sensor

6.5.2 Power supply

6.6 Conclusions

Chapter Polyacrylonitrile as piezoelectric materials working at high-temperature

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Brief history of PAN as piezoelectric materials

7.2.1 1D fibrous piezoelectric material

7.2.2 2D piezoelectric polymer film

7.2.3 3D Organogel method

7.3 Enhancement of PAN piezoelectricity at room temperature

7.3.1 Composite with piezoelectric ceramic materials

7.3.2 Composite with semiconductor materials

7.3.3 Composite with inorganic salt materials

7.4 Improvement of PAN piezoelectricity at high temperature

7.4.1 Potential advantages

7.4.2 Challenge

7.4.3 Solution

7.5 Application of PAN piezoelectric materials

7.5.1 Nanogenerator

7.5.2 Acoustoelectric conversion

7.5.3 Sensors

7.5.4 Working at high-temperature

7.6 Conclusion

Chapter Self-powered electronic skins constructed of electrospun nanofibers

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Self-powered systems.

8.2.1 Thermal harvester integrated self-powered systems

8.2.2 Photovoltaic cell powered sensing systems

8.2.3 Mechanical harvester integrated self-powered systems

8.3 Nanofiber-based self-powered electronic skins

8.3.1 Individual sensing system

8.3.2 Multifunctional sensing systems

8.4 Corresponding properties of the self-powered electronic skins

8.4.1 Flexibility/shape adaptability

8.4.2 Air permeability/antibacterial properties

8.4.3 Self-healing

8.5 Applications of self-powered electronic skins

8.5.1 Health monitoring

8.5.2 Human-computer interaction

8.5.3 Brain-computer interfaces

8.6 Conclusions and perspectives

Chapter Electrospinning of functional nanofibers: a pathway to flexible piezoelectric and triboelectric wearable devices

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Smart materials

9.2.1 Piezoelectric energy harvesting systems

9.2.2 Triboelectric energy harvesting systems

9.2.3 Pyroelectric

9.2.4 Photovoltaic energy harvesting system

9.3 Electrospun nanofibers

9.3.1 Electrospinning parameters

9.3.2 Polymer solution parameters

9.3.3 Ambient parameters

9.3.4 Parameters affecting performance of PENG

9.3.5 Coaxial nanofibers

9.3.6 Other hierarchical structures

9.3.7 Coated nanofibers

9.3.8 Effect of material micro-morphology

9.3.9 Effect of device substrate

9.4 Wearable electrodes

9.5 Recent progress and development in wearable energy harvesters

9.6 Conclusion

Declaration of conflicting interests

Data availability statement

Chapter Piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun PVDF-nanofiller composites

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Electrospun PVDF nanocomposite-based piezoelectric nanogenerators

10.3 Electrospun PVDF nanocomposite-based triboelectric nanogenerators.

10.4 Electrospun PVDF nanocomposite-based hybrid piezo and triboelectric nanogenerators

10.5 Self-powered devices based on electrospun PVDF nanofabrics

10.6 Challenges and future outlook

References.

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ISBN:

9780750354875

0750354879

OCLC:

1512320190