Previous work shows that when a cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester with a given width is split into several pieces and then electrically connected in parallel, the output power increases substantially compared with when it acts in a single piece with a similar total width. It was hypothesized that this increase is due to the reduction in the damping of the width-reduced beam. As a result, the beam with the smaller width vibrates with higher amplitudes and therefore has higher energy harvesting capability. In this paper, this hypothesis is examined by measuring the damping of the cantilever beam as its width is reduced. It is shown that as the width decreases, the damping is reduced, which contributes to the increase in the harvested power. It is then shown that the harvested energy from an array of cantilever piezobeams with a certain total width is higher than that from a single-piece harvester of similar width.

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Cellulose-ZnO nanolayer film (CZNF) was prepared by simply mixing ZnO nanopowder with cellulose solution and sodium dodecyl sulphate dispersing agent. CZNF was cured in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and deionized water and a freestanding film was obtained. CZNF was prepared with different weight percentage of ZnO and all materials were characterized by optical, thermal, mechanical and electrical methods. The morphology shows that ZnO nanoparticles are evenly dispersed between cellulose nanolayers of CZNF. Thermal and mechanical test results exhibit that CZNF possesses two distinctive characteristics of regenerated cellulose and ZnO. Its complex electrical impedance exhibits very similar to ionic membranes for fuel cells.

In this paper, energy harvesting capability is examined by changing the width of cantilever beam and piezoelectric cellulose. It is started from hypothesis that if cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester with given width are split, it would increase power output due to the fact that the divided pieces have smaller damping ratio than the original single piece, in turn, they are supposed to vibrate with high amplitude at resonance frequency.

Inorganic-organic hybrid composite has attracted as its combined synergistic properties. Cellulose based inorganicorganic hybrid composite was fabricated with semiconductive nanomaterials which has functionality of nanomaterial and biocompatibility piezoelectricity, high transparency and flexibility of cellulose electro active paper namely EAPap. ZnO is providing semiconductive functionality to EAPap for hybrid nanocomposite by simple chemical reaction. CelluloseZnO hybrid nanocomposite (CEZOHN) demonstrates novel electrical, photoelectrical and electromechanical behaviors. This paper deals with methods to improve electromechanical property of CEZOHN. The fabrication process is introduced briefly, charging mechanism and evaluation is studied with measured piezoelectric constant. And its candidate application will be discussed such as artificial muscle, energy harvester, strain sensor, flexible electrical device.