SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2006.051 2006.051 Photo-Piezoelectric Composite Materials for Multi-Source Energy Conversion Rodríguez-KuriSalvador laxsr@nottingham.ac.uk GanGuohui RiffatSaffa B. School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Nottingham UK 30082006 5 978-88-89884-05-8 1 6 30 August 2006 © 2006 Copyright WSSET 2006

Photovoltaics, solar thermal collectors and wind turbines are well established renewable energy technologies. Hybrid sustainable energy technologies are able to harness power from more than one source (solar, wind, wave), and so provide improved continuity of supply. This project investigates the potential of photo-piezoelectric composite materials for multi-source energy conversion from combined solar/wind or solar/wave sources. Thin film photovoltaic material is deposited onto piezoelectric polymer sheets to form the composite material. Laboratory testing has been carried out for polarised PVDF and PVDZ. Theoretical analysis has also been carried out to predict the behaviour of the composite material under a range of conditions.

 composite material photo-piezoelectric PVDF film 30 August to 1 September 2006 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET2006 5 Vicenza, Italy