Engineering Sciences

Halide‐Tunable Bond Engineering for High‐Performance Multi‐Responsive Piezoelectric Sensors via Enhanced Electrostatic Polarization in In Situ Perovskite‐Embedded PVDF Nanofibers

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Authors: Samiran Garain, Delong He, Hadrien Monluc, Hichem Dammak, Jinbo Bai

Abstract Developing piezoelectric materials with substantial strain output and large voltage constant, alongside superior piezoelectric performance and mechanical softness remains a long‐standing challenge for promising practical applications. Herein, an in‐situ fabrication strategy is demonstrated to resolve these obstacles by engineering molecular bond angle/length and simultaneously improving electrostatic polarization domain in self‐aligned halide perovskite nanorods (NRs) embedded polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibers (NFs). Introducing large‐size iodine into CsPbBr 3 crystals weakens metal‐halide bonds in CsPbI 2 Br, softening bond strength and enhancing electrostatic polarization in PVDF. The optimized CsPbI 2 Br/PVDF NFs membrane achieves exceptional piezoelectric performance, with a high piezoelectric coefficient ( d 33 ) of 67.5 pC N −1 and a piezoelectric figure of merit of 10.7 × 10 −12 m 2 N −1 , representing 562% and 443% enhancements over the pure PVDF NFs membrane, respectively. Simultaneously, it offers superior mechanical softness, exhibiting a Young's modulus of ≈208 MPa and a strain up to 91.5%. Density functional theory is employed to predict the halide‐tunable latice distortion, which is responsible for the enhanced piezoelectricity. Furthermore, the fabricated sensor demonstrates excellent stability (≈10 000 cycles), detects various mechanical deformations, and powers multiple commercial LEDs through simple daily human activities, highlighting its strong potential as a high‐performance, portable, and wearable energy harvesting device.