submitted on 2024-01-30, 08:54 and posted on 2024-01-30, 08:55authored byMohamed Youssry, Sara Al-Abed, Raghad Abu Zannad, Maram M. Meslam, Rahaf Asad
We introduced a novel concept on energy harvesting nanofluids of hybrid piezoelectric ceramic and polymeric (BaTiO3 and PVdF) materials in PDMS. Rheology, rheo-microscope and impedance spectroscopy complementary enabled the elucidation of the development of microstructure and probing the flow-induced structural transitions. Percolated CNTs enhanced the network mechanically and electrically and improved the output voltage (OV). Traces of PVdF further increased the OV to ca. 7.5 V in their hybrid suspensions.