Energy Harvesting from Ceramic/Blended Polymer Nanocomposites: Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.10Ti0.90O3/Polyvinylidene Fluoride–Polytetrafluoroethylene

The mechanical impact‐based energy harvesting characteristics of 0–3 ϕ Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Zr 0.10 Ti 0.90 O 3 /(1− ϕ )polyvinylidene fluoride–polytetrafluoroethylene (BCZT/PVDF–PTFE); volume fraction (0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 0.25) nanocomposites, fabricated using a melt‐mixing method, are presented. A scanning electron microscope is utilized to investigate the distribution of BCZT nanoceramic powder as filler in the blended polymer (PVDF–PTFE; 80:20). The X‐ray diffraction method is applied to ascertain the formations of BCZT and BCZT/PVDF–PTFE. The values of apparent porosity, water absorption, shore D hardness, dielectric constant ( ε r ), tangent loss (tan δ ), piezoelectric charge coefficient ( d 33 ) and voltage constant ( g 33 ), and figure of merit (FM) are found to increase upon increasing ϕ . A significant increment in the impact‐generated electric voltage (25.38–77.73 V) and energy (9.42–243.9 nJ) is noticed with the increasing ϕ . In addition, the small values of water absorption (<0.091%) and tan δ (≈10 −2 ) with relatively higher values of ε r , d 33 , g 33 , FM, and shore D hardness, power out ( P dc = 0.47 mW using 470 Ω resistive load ϕ = 0.25 sample) as well as improved voltage generation and energy harvesting characteristics, prefigure the promise of the present composite system a superior lead‐free alternative for the applications in energy harvesting, detection/sensing, and structural health monitoring.