Issue 20, 2013

Solution-processed Ag-doped ZnO nanowires grown on flexible polyester for nanogenerator applications

Abstract

The integration of ZnO nanowire-based energy harvesting devices into flexible polyesters or clothes would have a significant effect on the energy harvesting building block for harvesting the mechanical energy from human motions. Moreover, the demonstration of high output power via a doping process opens an important method for enhancing the output power. Here, we report solution-based synthesis of Ag-doped ZnO nanowires on flexible polyester substrates without using any high temperature annealing processes. Along with the structural and optical characteristics of the Ag-doped ZnO nanowires, we demonstrate the efficient features of Ag-doped nanogenerators through the measurement of a sound-driven piezoelectric energy device with an output power of 0.5 μW, which is nearly 2.9 times that of a nanogenerator with un-doped ZnO NWs. This finding could provide the possibility of high output nanogenerators for practical applications in future portable/wearable personal displays and motion sensors.

Graphical abstract: Solution-processed Ag-doped ZnO nanowires grown on flexible polyester for nanogenerator applications

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Jul 2013
Accepted
16 Aug 2013
First published
21 Aug 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 9609-9614

Solution-processed Ag-doped ZnO nanowires grown on flexible polyester for nanogenerator applications

S. Lee, J. Lee, W. Ko, S. Cha, J. Sohn, J. Kim, J. Park, Y. Park and J. Hong, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 9609 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03402J

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