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Graphene-PVDF composite membrane for piezoelectric nanogenerators and lithium-ion batteries
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Chemical Engineering. Plastic Electronics and Energy Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-0576-4399
Plastic Electronics and Energy Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Chemical Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3652-7798
Plastic Electronics and Energy Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3252-3407
2026 (English)In: Materials Advances, E-ISSN 2633-5409Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Herein, we introduce a composite membrane comprising polyvinylidene fluoride/graphene nanosheets (PVDF/graphene) for applications in piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) and lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), where the graphene nanosheets play a vital role in enhancing the piezoelectric properties, surface energy, and porosity. A comparative analysis of the pure PVDF and the PVDF/graphene is conducted to evaluate their piezoelectric performance and suitability as separators in LIBs. The PVDF/graphene composite membrane produced a significantly improved piezoelectric output of ∼10.8 V under a force of 75 N, while the pure PVDF membrane exhibited only ∼3.7 V under the same conditions. Additionally, the Li//PVDF/graphene//graphite half-cell retained ∼81.3% of its specific capacity and maintained a coulombic efficiency of over 99.2% after 100 cycles at a 0.2 C rate. In contrast, the Li//pure PVDF//graphite half-cell retained only ∼48.6% specific capacity. Furthermore, in a full-cell configuration, the graphite//PVDF/graphene//LCO cell demonstrated excellent stability, retaining ∼88% of its specific capacity after 50 cycles, whereas the cell with pure PVDF membrane retained only 38%. Therefore, the PVDF/graphene nanosheet composite membrane has the potential to be used as a piezoelectric membrane in PENGs and as a separator in LIBs.

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RSC Publishing, 2026.
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Materials Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry
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Chemistry of Interfaces
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-115784DOI: 10.1039/d5ma00960jScopus ID: 2-s2.0-105023562692OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-115784DiVA, id: diva2:2020943
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Funder: National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE); J. Gust. Richert Foundation (2023-00824);

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