@article {46893,
	title = {Piezoelectric energy harvesting from a ferroelectric hybrid salt [Ph3MeP](4)[Ni(NCS)(6)] embedded in a polymer matrix},
	journal = {Angewandte Chemie-International Edition},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2020},
	month = {JUN },
	pages = {10368-10373},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Organic-inorganic hybrid ferroelectrics are an exciting class of molecular materials with promising applications in the area of energy and electronics. The synthesis, ferroelectric and piezoelectric energy harvesting behavior of a 3d metal ion-containing A(4)BX(6) type organic-inorganic hybrid salt [Ph3MeP](4)[Ni(NCS)(6)] (1) is now presented. P-E hysteresis loop studies on 1 show a remnant ferroelectric polarization value of 18.71 mu C cm(-2), at room temperature. Composite thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) devices with 5, 10, 15 and 20 wt \% compositions of 1 were prepared and employed for piezoelectric energy harvesting studies. A maximum output voltage of 19.29 V and a calculated power density value of 2.51 mW cm(-3) were observed for the 15 wt \% 1-TPU device. The capacitor charging experiments on the 15 wt \% 1-TPU composite device shows an excellent energy storage performance with the highest stored energies and measured charges of 198.8 mu J and 600 mu C, respectively.</p>
},
	keywords = {energy conversion, mechanical properties, non-covalent interactions, organic-inorganic hybrid composites, Phosphorus},
	issn = {1433-7851},
	doi = {10.1002/anie.202001250, Early Access Date = APR 2020},
	author = {Vijayakanth, Thangavel and Ram, Farsa and Praveenkumar, Balu and Shanmuganathan, Kadhiravan and Boomishankar, Ramamoorthy}
}
