A solar actuator based on hydrogen-bonded azopolymers for electricity generation. Issue 8 (8th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xiong, Yubing; Zhang, Lidong; Weis, Philipp; Naumov, Panče; Wu, Si
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 8(2018)
• Page Start: 3361
• Page End: 3366
• Publication Date: 2018-02-08
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c7ta11139h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7488

Abstract

Abstract : A solar actuator is fabricated by incorporating sunlight-responsive azobenzene into agarose and the sunlight-induced motion is utilized for electricity generation. Abstract : An actuator driven by solar light is developed by incorporating an azo compound (F-Azo) into agarose (AG). The resulting F-Azo-doped AG (F-Azo@AG) films bend under sunlight irradiation. It is demonstrated that the sunlight-induced bending of the F-Azo@AG film transduces the sunlight into electricity when attached to a piezoelectric transducer.