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    Energy Harvesting Applications from Poly(ε-caprolactone) Electrospun Membranes
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    • Vitor Sencadas*
      Vitor Sencadas
      School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
      ARC Center of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
      Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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    Piezoelectricity is associated with crystalline materials that have noncentrosymmetric crystal units. This work reports the electroactive properties of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) membranes produced by electrospinning. The individual PCL fiber shows an apparent piezoelectric constant of 5 ± 2 pm·V–1 with a longitudinal piezoelectric voltage coefficient of 0.25 Vm·N1–. Further, the PCL flexible electronic skin device exhibited superior mechano-sensitivity of 0.098 V·kPa–1, had the ability to measure small forces (1 mN), presents a remarkable output voltage stability (>16 000 cycles), and could accurately monitor human gait. The overall electroactive properties create opportunities in the development of environmentally friendly and low-cost energy nanoharvesting and wearable devices for human gait applications.

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    • Figure S1, mechanical behavior recorded for the PCL fiber mat; Figure S2, DSC thermogram for the solvent casted PCL film; Figure S3, dielectric permittivity of PCL electrospun membrane; Figure S4, piezoelectric matrix for the orthorhombic crystal unit (point group 212121); Figure S5, (a) electrical output voltage recorded for the empty PDMS cage, (b) forward and reverse electrical output voltage for the PCL as-spun mat, (c) response time recorded for the PCL nanoharvester, and (d) electrical output voltage collected for the PCL nanoharvester after stored for one month at room conditions; Figure S6, (a) measure the output voltage at an external load of 30 MΩ, (b) the square of the output voltage for integration to obtain the instantaneous electric power output, and (c) the integration part of the time-dependent output voltage (PDF)

    • Movie S1: PCL nanoharvester performance (MP4)

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