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High-performance piezoelectric composites via β phase programming

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  • Yuanjie Su

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Weixiong Li

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiaoxing Cheng

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • Yihao Zhou

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Shuai Yang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Xu Zhang

    (Wuhan University of Technology)

  • Chunxu Chen

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Tiannan Yang

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • Hong Pan

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Guangzhong Xie

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Guorui Chen

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Xun Zhao

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Xiao Xiao

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Bei Li

    (Wuhan University of Technology)

  • Huiling Tai

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Yadong Jiang

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Long-Qing Chen

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • Fei Li

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Jun Chen

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

Abstract

Polymer-ceramic piezoelectric composites, combining high piezoelectricity and mechanical flexibility, have attracted increasing interest in both academia and industry. However, their piezoelectric activity is largely limited by intrinsically low crystallinity and weak spontaneous polarization. Here, we propose a Ti3C2Tx MXene anchoring method to manipulate the intermolecular interactions within the all-trans conformation of a polymer matrix. Employing phase-field simulation and molecular dynamics calculations, we show that OH surface terminations on the Ti3C2Tx nanosheets offer hydrogen bonding with the fluoropolymer matrix, leading to dipole alignment and enhanced net spontaneous polarization of the polymer-ceramic composites. We then translated this interfacial bonding strategy into electrospinning to boost the piezoelectric response of samarium doped Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3/polyvinylidene fluoride composite nanofibers by 160% via Ti3C2Tx nanosheets inclusion. With excellent piezoelectric and mechanical attributes, the as-electrospun piezoelectric nanofibers can be easily integrated into the conventional shoe insoles to form a foot sensor network for all-around gait patterns monitoring, walking habits identification and Metatarsalgi prognosis. This work utilizes the interfacial coupling mechanism of intermolecular anchoring as a strategy to develop high-performance piezoelectric composites for wearable electronics.

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  • Yuanjie Su & Weixiong Li & Xiaoxing Cheng & Yihao Zhou & Shuai Yang & Xu Zhang & Chunxu Chen & Tiannan Yang & Hong Pan & Guangzhong Xie & Guorui Chen & Xun Zhao & Xiao Xiao & Bei Li & Huiling Tai & Ya, 2022. "High-performance piezoelectric composites via β phase programming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32518-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32518-3
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