<p>Nylon-11—a common and widely used material, is a promising non-fluorinated piezoelectric polymer given its mechanical strength, chemical stability and elasticity. Nevertheless, it typically possesses low piezoelectric performance, which severely limits its use for energy generation applications. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of highly aligned, piezoelectric nylon-11 films through an energy-efficient (≈1–5 Wh), single-step platform that facilitates the electroacoustic coupling associated with MHz-order nanoscale vibrations during the crystallisation process. Uniquely, such coupling allows the simultaneous induction of (i) nylon’s piezoelectric <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\delta }^{{\prime} }\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mrow> <mi>δ</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>′</mo> </mrow> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-phase, (ii) long-range crystalline ordering, (iii) an ordered hydrogen-bonded network, and (iv) dipole alignment, which we directly probe using time-resolved <i>operando</i> synchrotron grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering and high-resolution infrared spectroscopy. We show that the material produces a piezoelectric voltage coefficient (<i>g</i><sub>33</sub> = 427 × 10<sup>−3</sup> Vm N<sup>−1</sup>) that surpasses the performance of all piezoelectric polymers reported to date. The film’s exceptional mechanical resilience is evident from its stable performance over 20,000 compression cycles at 50 N and its ability to withstand vehicular loads.</p>

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Electroacoustic alignment of robust and highly piezoelectric nylon-11 films

  • Robert Komljenovic,
  • Yemima Ehrnst,
  • Peter C. Sherrell,
  • Amgad R. Rezk,
  • Leslie Y. Yeo

摘要

Nylon-11—a common and widely used material, is a promising non-fluorinated piezoelectric polymer given its mechanical strength, chemical stability and elasticity. Nevertheless, it typically possesses low piezoelectric performance, which severely limits its use for energy generation applications. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of highly aligned, piezoelectric nylon-11 films through an energy-efficient (≈1–5 Wh), single-step platform that facilitates the electroacoustic coupling associated with MHz-order nanoscale vibrations during the crystallisation process. Uniquely, such coupling allows the simultaneous induction of (i) nylon’s piezoelectric \({\delta }^{{\prime} }\) δ -phase, (ii) long-range crystalline ordering, (iii) an ordered hydrogen-bonded network, and (iv) dipole alignment, which we directly probe using time-resolved operando synchrotron grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering and high-resolution infrared spectroscopy. We show that the material produces a piezoelectric voltage coefficient (g33 = 427 × 10−3 Vm N−1) that surpasses the performance of all piezoelectric polymers reported to date. The film’s exceptional mechanical resilience is evident from its stable performance over 20,000 compression cycles at 50 N and its ability to withstand vehicular loads.