Bond engineering of molecular ferroelectrics renders soft and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvesting materials.

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Hu, Yuzhong ORCID: 0000-0001-5951-1938, Parida, Kaushik ORCID: 0000-0001-8057-2102, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Xin, Li, Yongxin ORCID: 0000-0002-7860-3237, Zhou, Xinran, Morris, Samuel Alexander, Liew, Weng Heng, Wang, Haomin, Li, Tao et al (show 9 more authors) , Jiang, Feng ORCID: 0000-0001-7496-816X, Yang, Mingmin, Alexe, Marin ORCID: 0000-0002-0386-3026, Du, Zehui, Gan, Chee Lip, Yao, Kui ORCID: 0000-0001-5875-4815, Xu, Bin ORCID: 0000-0002-0107-0727, Lee, Pooi See ORCID: 0000-0003-1383-1623 and Fan, Hong Jin ORCID: 0000-0003-1237-4555 (2022) Bond engineering of molecular ferroelectrics renders soft and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvesting materials. Nature communications, 13 (1). 5607-.

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Abstract

Piezoelectric materials convert mechanical stress to electrical energy and thus are widely used in energy harvesting and wearable devices. However, in the piezoelectric family, there are two pairs of properties that improving one of them will generally compromises the other, which limits their applications. The first pair is piezoelectric strain and voltage constant, and the second is piezoelectric performance and mechanical softness. Here, we report a molecular bond weakening strategy to mitigate these issues in organic-inorganic hybrid piezoelectrics. By introduction of large-size halide elements, the metal-halide bonds can be effectively weakened, leading to a softening effect on bond strength and reduction in polarization switching barrier. The obtained solid solution C₆H₅N(CH₃)₃CdBr₂Cl_0.75I_0.25 exhibits excellent piezoelectric constants (d₃₃ = 367 pm/V, g₃₃ = 3595 × 10^-3 Vm/N), energy harvesting property (power density is 11 W/m²), and superior mechanical softness (0.8 GPa), promising this hybrid as high-performance soft piezoelectrics.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bioengineering, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2023 14:31
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2024 16:53
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-022-33325-6
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173082