The electric field, dc bias voltage and frequency dependence of actuation performance of piezoelectric fiber composites

2013 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 304-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiujuan Lin ◽  
Kechao Zhou ◽  
Song Zhu ◽  
Ziqi Chen ◽  
Dou Zhang
Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 638
Author(s):  
Sanam SaeidNahaei ◽  
Hyun-Jun Jo ◽  
Sang Jo Lee ◽  
Jong Su Kim ◽  
Sang Jun Lee ◽  
...  

For examining the carrier movements through tunnel junction, electrically and optically-biased photoreflectance spectroscopy (EBPR and OBPR) were used to investigate the internal electric field in the InGaP/GaAs dual junction solar cell at room temperature. At InGaP and GaAs, the strength of p-n junction electric fields (Fpn) was perturbed by the external DC bias voltage and CW light intensity for EBPR and OBPR experiments, respectively. Moreover, the Fpn was evaluated using the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the Franz—Keldysh oscillation from PR spectra. In the EBPR, the electric field decreased by increasing the DC bias voltage, which also decreased the potential barrier. In OBPR, when incident CW light is absorbed by the top cell, the decrement of the Fpn in the GaAs cell indicates that the photogenerated carriers are accumulated near the p-n junction. Photogenerated carriers in InGaP can pass through the tunnel junction, and the PR results show the contribution of the modification of the electric field by the photogenerated carriers in each cell. We suggest that PR spectroscopy with optical-bias and electrical-bias could be analyzed using the information of the photogenerated carrier passed through the tunnel junction.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
JinWoo Lee ◽  
Ken Edward Elder ◽  
William N Shafarman ◽  
David J. Cohen

AbstractWe report the first studies of electroabsorption in Cu(InGa)Se2 (CIGS) solar cell devices. We utilized a bifacial CIGS device with a Ga/(In+Ga) ratio of 0.8 (bandgap of 1.5 eV) deposited onto semi-transparent (40 nm thick) Mo coated glass as the back contact. By modulating the electric field using a small sinusoidal potential of amplitude δV across the CIGS layer, we were able to detect the modulation ΔT of the transmitted light. This was examined as a function of photon energy, DC bias, temperature, and modulation frequency (100 Hz to 10 kHz) and had a maximum amplitude of ΔT/T ≈ 10−5 for δV = 0.3 V. Very different characteristics were obtained for near bandgap light (1.3 eV) compared to photon energies considerable smaller (<0.95 eV). While the latter exhibited a strong temperature and frequency dependence, indicating an important role for deep defects in the effect, the former exhibited very little change with temperature or frequency, indicating the predominance of transitions involving bandtail states. Different metastable states of the CIGS layer produced by prolonged light soaking above the bandgap energy were also examined.


Nano Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 106321
Author(s):  
Yuanjie Su ◽  
Weixiong Li ◽  
Liu Yuan ◽  
Chunxu Chen ◽  
Hong Pan ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangxin Du ◽  
Zheng Zhou ◽  
Zhao Zhang ◽  
Liqin Yao ◽  
Qilong Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) that can harvest mechanical energy from ambient environment have broad prospects for multi-functional applications. Here, multi-layered piezoelectric composites with a porous structure based on highly oriented PZT/PVDF electrospinning fibers are prepared via a laminating method to construct high-performance PENGs. PZT particles as piezoelectric reinforcing phases are embedded in PVDF fibers and facilitate the formation of polar β phase in PVDF. The multi-layered, porous structure effectively promotes the overall polarization and surface bound charge density, resulting in highly efficient electromechanical conversion. The PENG based on 10 wt.% PZT/PVDF composite fibers with a 220 µm film thickness output an optimal voltage of 62.0 V and a power of 136.9 μW, which is 3.4 and 6.5 times the voltage and power of 10wt.% PZT/PVDF casting film-based PENG, respectively. Importantly, the PENG shows a high sensitivity of 12.4 VN-1, presenting a significant advantage in comparison to PENGs with other porous structures. In addition, the composites show excellent flexibility with a Young’s modulus of 227.2 MPa and an elongation of 262.3%. This work shows great potential application of piezoelectric fiber composites in flexible energy harvesting devices.


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