Energy-harvesting enhancement in composites of microwave-exfoliated KNN and multiwall carbon nanotubes
| Autor: | M. Krishna, A.V. Suresh, Nandini R Nadar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Nanotube
Materials science Composite number Percolation threshold 02 engineering and technology Carbon nanotube 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences law.invention Base (group theory) Mechanics of Materials law Percolation Content (measure theory) General Materials Science Composite material 0210 nano-technology Power density |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of Materials Science. 42 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7669 0250-4707 |
| Popis: | The objective of this research work is to investigate the effect of multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) content (0.3–1.2 wt%) on a potassium sodium niobate (KNN)-based piezoelectric unimorph harvester for enhancing the energy generation capacity. KNN–MWCNT composites were fabricated by using a microwave solid state technique. The energy-harvesting performance of the KNN–MWCNT composite was determined by the base excitation method and sized to resonate between 20 and 100 Hz at 1 $$\hbox {M}\Omega $$ load resistance. The energy performance of the KNN composite at percolation threshold (0.6 wt% MWCNT) showed a maximum power generation of $$2.94\, \upmu \hbox {W}$$ , the power density of 7.15 $$\upmu \hbox {W}$$ $$\hbox {m}^{-3}$$ and overall efficiency of 83.75% at an input acceleration of 0.5 g and a load resistance of 1 $$\hbox {M}\Omega $$ . Improvements observed in the power generation by percolation phenomena and ionic flow over the nanotube surface of KNN composites prove to be a boon for low-power sensing devices. |
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