Simple Fabrication and Characterization of Piezoelectric Nanogenerators from Cobalt-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanofibers
- 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
- 2 Microelectronic and Nanotechnology-Shamsuddin Research Centre, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
- 3 Department of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Indorama, Purwakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
The ferromagnetic cobalt doped into Zinc Oxide (ZnO) crystals is a promising method for enhancing the performance of Piezoelectric-Based Nano Generators (PENGs). The study reports the characterization and testing PENGs which simply fabricated from cobalt-doped ZnO nanofibers (NFs) synthesized by electro spinning machine. The electro spinning processes were conducted at a flow rate of 4 μL/min and at various cobalt concentrations followed by sintering at a temperature of 500°C. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectra demonstrate that the crystalline diameter of Co-doped ZnO NFs increased as the content of cobalt increased, up to a concentration of 9%. Meanwhile, the maximum output voltage and power density of PENGs with Co-doped ZnO NFs were 221.6 mV and 148.8 nW/cm2, respectively when the PENGs were subjected to a cyclic mechanical load of 0.5 kg. Therefore, PENGs fabricated from Co-doped ZnO NFs are challenging for the next generation of self-powered devices.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2017.662.669
Copyright: © 2017 Suyitno, Syamsul Hadi, Mohd Zainizan Sahdan, Nafarizal Nayan, Hashim Saim, Lukman Nulhakim and Agung Tri Wijayanta. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Fibers
- Cobalt
- Doping
- Zinc Oxide
- Electro Spinning
- Piezoelectric
- Nanogenerator