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Candle Soot-Driven Performance Enhancement in Pyroelectric Energy Conversion

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We observed substantial enhancement in pyroelectric output with the help of candle soot coating on the surface of lead zirconate titanate (PZT). Candle soot of varying thicknesses was coated by directly exposing pyroelectric material to the candle flame. The open-circuit pyroelectric voltage and closed-circuit pyroelectric current were recorded while applying infrared heating across the uncoated and candle soot-coated samples for different heating and cooling cycles. In comparison to the uncoated sample, the maximum open-circuit voltage improves seven times for the candle soot-coated sample and electric current increases by eight times across a resistance of 10 Ω. Moreover, the harvested energy is enhanced by 50 times for candle soot-coated sample. Results indicate that candle soot coating is an effective and economic method to improve infrared sensing performance of pyroelectric materials.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, C-4, JanakPuri, New Delhi, 110058, India

    Puneet Azad

  2. School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 175001, India

    V. P. Singh & Rahul Vaish

  3. Govt. Engineering College, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, 321001, India

    V. P. Singh

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Azad, P., Singh, V.P. & Vaish, R. Candle Soot-Driven Performance Enhancement in Pyroelectric Energy Conversion. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 4721–4730 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6357-8

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